Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada visited Kandahar University, urging a harmony between religious and modern education.

The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, ...

The Taliban’s reclusive leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution. Hibatullah Akhundzada spoke of the importance of ...

Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...

Arrest warrant issued for deputy foreign minister as figures in Afghanistan government criticise supreme leader’s stance on girls’ education The Taliban is facing an internal revolt over women ...