The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports that the Taliban’s leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in Afghanistan

Investigation: They fought shoulder-to-shoulder with British troops in UK-run units in Afghanistan. Now these highly trained commandos are reduced to living in shacks, surviving on bread and scavenged food as the UK drags its heels despite promises to relocate them to safety. Holly Bancroft, May Bulman, Fahim Abed and Jessica…

Peace is driving up property prices in Kabul and fueling the luxury market

The military says it killed eight ‘terrorists’ over the weekend. But analysts say Pakistan’s response is inadequate.

As neighbors face an uncertain political future, the city’s only Afghan restaurant provides a sense of community – and ‘a bit of happiness’

Searching to ease its isolation on the international stage, Russia is now turning to the Taliban with an offer to remove its ‘terrorist’ status

Wednesday saw an ugly incident that brought shame on the Senate. It was shocking – full of provocation, accusations of racism, and what was described by Senate president Sue Lines as “physically threatening behaviour”.

Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has faced down an attempt by Pauline Hanson to have questions raised about her eligibility to sit in the senate.

Christina Plumb, 49, whose former husband was killed by the Taliban, attacked Adam Plumb in a drunk rage