The Taliban has codified slavery and formalized a class-based justice system in Afghanistan through a newly approved criminal ...

Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where ...

A 2025 SIGAR report found that since the Taliban took over in 2021, $10.72 billion has gone to Afghanistan, with $3.83 ...

Pakistan’s defence minister vowed a forceful response after a suicide bombing killed 31 worshippers at an Islamabad Shiite ...

Top Afghan officials say they want two American detainees released “as soon as possible,” but the Trump administration says a ...

Khadija Ahmadzada was detained for being in "violation" of rules "regarding women's sports gyms", a Taliban spokesman said.

Deep in Taliban-controlled territory, a new road is being carved through some of the world’s most remote mountains.

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

Afghanistan’s stance on slavery has undergone a dramatic legal reversal in recent years. Under the Taliban’s current governance, since 2021, the country’s new ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban has unveiled a new criminal procedure code that divides citizens into rigid legal classes, grants ...

The Taliban’s new criminal code enforces total obedience to its supreme leader, criminalises dissent, restricts women’s movement, and permits violence by husbands and citizens.

Factional rivalries, tribal loyalties, authoritarian rule and hardline policies are testing Afghan regime cohesion ...