Biden calls on Taliban to release American hostage
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to release a U.S. civil engineer who was abducted two years ago and is believed to be…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to release a U.S. civil engineer who was abducted two years ago and is believed to be…
Former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country as it fell to the Taliban, argued the deal between former President Donald Trump and the Taliban paved the way…
The Taliban has paused all evacuation flights out of Afghanistan due to a disagreement over who gets seats on the planes, NBC News reported Thursday. The flights stopped two weeks…
The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it will permit certain groups to conduct business with the Taliban and a U.S.-designated terrorist organization in order to get humanitarian assistance to Afghans…
The Taliban banned forced marriages in a Friday decree, saying that women are free persons and not property. “Both (women and men) should be equal,” the decree said, according to…
Taliban officials asked Congress to end U.S. sanctions and to free up Afghan assets, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Afghan citizens are being deprived of civil services in the health…
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban on Sunday held a massive military parade in Kabul, showing off the gains the organization made after the withdrawal of U.S. forces this past summer.…
The Taliban is struggling to combat an ISIS-K insurgency in Afghanistan merely two months after the group took over the country, the Financial Times reported. ISIS-K launched a series of suicide…
A Taliban commander in charge of suicide bombers in Kabul, Afghanistan, was selected as police chief for one of the country’s capital districts, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.…
Afghan citizens are at risk of starvation and falling under the poverty line as the country’s economy continues to decline under Taliban leadership, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Donors…
The Taliban in Pakistan was encouraged by the group’s takeover of Afghanistan and are suspected of reemerging along the country’s border, the Associated Press reported on Monday. A Taliban movement…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict last Friday against DELOWAR MOHAMMED HOSSAIN on both counts…
The U.S. will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but won’t recognize the Taliban as the country’s leaders, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. U.S. and Taliban officials met for the…
A federal grand jury in New York unsealed a superseding indictment today charging an Afghanistan national with federal terrorism-related offenses spanning approximately 2007 to 2009 and stemming from his role…
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J. Lesko, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged questioning on Wednesday as to whether the U.S. should have done more to keep control of Bagram Air Base after reports the Taliban…
WASHINGTON — Thousands of pro-abortion protesters descended on Washington, D.C. Saturday to demonstrate against Texas’ new abortion law and an upcoming Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade.…
Public hangings are back in Afghanistan as the Taliban invoke Sharia law across the nation. Despite assurances that the new “kinder and gentler” Taliban would respect the rights of women…
The Taliban banned women from attending and teaching at Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital, CNN reported on Tuesday. Women won’t be allowed at the university until an Islamic environment is…