The Taliban leader says executions are part of Islam. That's after rights groups and the U.N. condemned the public executions of four men days earlier after they were convicted of murder.

Syrians rally around their old/new flag, a symbol of pride, hope, and freedom that rode into Damascus with the rebels who overthrew the Assad regime. It adorns everything.

The Taliban’s morality police have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles, and others for missing prayers at mosques during Ramadan, a U.N. report said Thursday, 6 months after laws ...

An American woman who has been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been freed, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday. “American citizen Faye Hall ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American woman detained for weeks in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released from custody, according to a person familiar with the matter and a social media post ...

Pete Hegseth's new "kafir" tattoo sits just below another inked phrase across his bicep. In Arabic, the term historically ...

The relationship India forged with the Afghan Republic: a strategic partnership (Afghanistan’s first), intelligence sharing with the National Directorate of Security (NDS), and working with the ...

The Ho-Chunk Nation flag has flown at the Madison Municipal Building for nearly five years. Soon it will have its own flagpole. A proclamation signed by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway in late 2020 directed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump ...

An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta ...

The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory that could reshape U.S. relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban ...