The Taliban’s governance remains deeply controversial. Since returning to power in 2021, the group has imposed sweeping ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code ...

The government has agreed to meet a delegation of senior Taliban officials who are visiting Tokyo at the invitation of a private organization. “The visit is significant as it complements Japan’s ...

The Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan has dealt a heavy blow to Japan, which has worked hard to help rebuild the country and back up the U.S.-led fight against terrorism. A senior Foreign ...

Women and children are disproportionately harmed, with the regulations normalising violence against women and prioritises ...

Is Central Asia Still Russia’s Backyard? A high-level Tajik delegation visited Kabul this week for the first time since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and held meetings with senior Taliban ...

New Taliban penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’ and legalises domestic violence - A Kabul-based legal ...

Last week, as the Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid triumphantly declared 2025 “a year of diplomatic success,” the claim was received with predictable laud from the movement’s echo chambers. But ...

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world In October, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Afghan Taliban’s foreign minister, visited the Islamic seminary of Darul Uloom in ...

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes and suicide bombings marking much of 2025, as relations with neighboring Afghanistan deteriorated. The number ...

Barbers who shave off men's beards in Afghanistan are set to be jailed under the Taliban's increasingly radical regime. Some young men are also reportedly being beaten up and 'humiliated' for defying ...