The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

All staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with Taliban

Many more contractors still live in fear in Afghanistan and struggle to get the documentation to flee

The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the Taliban authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, U.N. sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

A northern Virginia man convicted on terrorism charges as a teenager has been sent back to prison for a year after violating conditions of his release by meeting with convicted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh and others linked to terrorism

Multiple-award-winning journalist garners second win in three years for excellence in work produced by and for women.

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…