Engaging directly with the Taliban may be the only way to protect Americans from the jihadist threat that stirs once again in ...

A major political transformation is unfolding in Afghanistan as the recently announced Islamabad Declaration gains momentum, ...

The United Nations says use oppression of Afghan women by the interim government in Kabul has put Afghanistan future in jeopardy. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told the ...

Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...

The US has donated nearly US$4 billion to Afghanistan since the Taliban came into power. Gutting USAID will have enormous ...

Afghanistan has had a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by ...

UNAMA highlighted that restrictions on education, employment, and healthcare access have had severe long-term consequences for Afghanistan. These limitations continue to impact women’s lives and the ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan's recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that continue to ...

Richard Bennett, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has documented in his reports “an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation ...