Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have introduced a sweeping new penal code that rights groups warn effectively legalises domestic violence and ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with ...

Afghanistan's new envoy to India signals a major geopolitical shift, as the Taliban seeks diplomatic alternatives amid a ...

Bombings by Pakistan are the most significant development in tensions between the two neighbours - though the physical impact ...

Afghanistan’s de facto government has legalized gender-based violence since 2021, effectively turning mothers, daughters, and ...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting ...

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn't cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights ...

Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of becoming ‘a colony of India’ but India’s relations with Kabul predate the Taliban.

The Taliban's new 119-article penal code, De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama, legalises wife-beating and creates a four-tier caste ...

After failing to obtain the release of three U.S. prisoners from Taliban custody using the ‘carrot’ method, U.S. leaders suddenly appear prepared to deploy the stick. On Feb. 13, Senior Director for ...

After rising tensions over the past few days and longstanding disagreements, Pakistan bombed several Taliban targets in neighbouring Afghanistan. Both sides claim to have inflicted losses - and ...