Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban ...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Wednesday said it hoped for a “new chapter” in relations with the United States after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.

Afghanistan's Taliban government on Wednesday said it hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with the United States after Donald Trump's presidential election victory.

The survey warned that high prices and dwindling opium stocks in the country may tempt Afghan farmers to ignore the Taliban’s ...

The Taliban banned the cultivation of narcotics in 2022, causing a drop in opium production last year. However, this year it rose by 19%, according to a report by the UNODC.

Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban that almost eradicated the crop.

Canada's Special Representative to Afghanistan David Sproule is condemning the Taliban's latest curtailment of women's rights ...

A Taliban spokesman says explosions and gunfire in Iran targeted and killed at least two Afghans earlier this month.

Even when an adult female prays and another female passes by, she must not pray loudly enough for them to hear,” he said in his message.

Jawed Mohmand, an Afghan academic and political commentator, is the latest figure to be detained by the Taliban as part of ...

Frozan Hassan Zai has spent eight years building a community in Canada after escaping the Netherlands with her two children.

This ban is a continuation of the Taliban's extensive restrictions on women's rights, aiming to reduce their public ...