An Afghanistan-based Islamic State affiliate, IS-Khorasan, claimed responsibility for the deadly overnight shooting in Takhar province, which sits on the country’s border with Tajikistan.

Since sweeping to power in August 2021, the regime in Kabul has struggled to gain international legitimacy. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban refers to its government, is an anomalous ...

"Enemies" dreamed of sowing division in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman based in the southern city of Kandahar, said on X, referring to the Taliban by the ...

The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...

One of the few officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government to ... on the education of girls and women was not in line with Islamic Sharia law. At a graduation ceremony in Khost province ...

The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel ... allegedly because they offered services forbidden by Islam. Will Grayson Meak faceoff against Devin Downes ...

England's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan will go ahead, despite calls for a boycott. A cross-party letter, signed by nearly 200 UK politicians, was sent to the England and Wales ...

KABUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on ...

One of those failures took place in August 2021, when former President Joe Biden presided over an unmitigated disaster while shambolically withdrawing from Afghanistan. After 20 years of fighting ...

While a resurgent Taliban has increased attacks within Afghanistan in 2015, in a new development, terrorists from several splinter groups have pledged loyalty to the self-declared Islamic State.

He said in April 2022 his country "has its role in world peace and stability", inviting the international community to "recognise the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan". But on the condition that its ...

First, both contingencies could lead to an increase in the number of extremist Islamic groups operating in Afghanistan. Although al-Qaeda’s core leadership has been severely weakened by ...