The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces

Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistan's Taliban said Monday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country.

UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan. Read on for details:

The student is a woman majoring in computer science at a private university in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last year, the main thing that she seems to be studying is the regime’s manipulation of Islam.

Those who put their lives on the line in the Afghan National Army and can't find a way out of Afghanistan are working menial jobs, sometimes moving locations every few days in fear for their safety.

Female activists are secretly building support networks for marginalised women in Taliban-governed Afghanistan.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says he supports the defence force contacting senior officers to advise them they may have to hand war medals back

The 25-year-old Pakistani activist accused world leaders of going “silent” as she addressed the Action for Afghanistan rally on Sunday.

Ben Frier purposely goes to 'places people don't want to go'

Los Angeles (AFP) - The world's focus has shifted to the war in Ukraine, but two major new documentaries aim to throw the spotlight back on Afghanistan, and the people left behind by the United States' rapid withdrawal last year.

Qatar is reviewing its investments in London after its advertisements were banned from the capital’s buses, taxies and Tube network, according to reports. In 2019, Sadiq Khan called for Transport for London (TfL) to review how it treats advertisement slots from countries with poor human rights records. This led to…