Taliban

Mark Frerichs, an American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released

The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber acted alone, and

Around 200 people, mostly Afghans living in Norway, protested on Sunday as talks were underway in Oslo between a Taliban

Protesters in Afghanistan's capital Kabul called Sunday for the international community to recognise the Taliban government. (Associated Press)

In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman

The Taliban didn't take the Afghan capital — they were invited, says the man who issued the invitation. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers support education and jobs for girls and women, in a marked departure from their previous time

Afghanistan's drought, its worst in decades, is now entering its second year, exacerbated by climate change. (Associated Press)

Intense excerpt from the "Pech River Boys" documentary.

M142 HIMARS strike on high-level Taliban command and control node in Helmand, Afghanistan.