(THE CONVERSATION) The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and Islam at Penn State University, a key to understanding what is ...

And I want to bring in another voice now. Wazhmah Osman is an associate professor of globalization and development communication at Temple University. Thank you for being with us. WAZHMAH OSMAN: Thank ...

The year 2025 began with an unprecedented development in India-Afghanistan ties, something that was unthinkable at one time happened. A top Indian government official, foreign secretary Vikram Misri ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a United Nations agency said Thursday. Afghanistan is the only country in the world ...

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Karima Moqimi was a final-year medical student in the 1990s during the Taliban’s first period of rule in Afghanistan. She was pregnant with her first child when she went to her university to take her ...

KABUL - The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the U.S. and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history of war, in a pointed reminder that foreign forces have ...

Taliban authorities demolish Kabul’s iconic Ariana Cinema to build a shopping mall, marking the end of a cultural era amid economic pressures and strict curbs on art.