The American children of a British couple held captive by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime appealed Wednesday to President Trump in a video, asking for his help in securing their release.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Rifts are growing among Taliban officials over the group's decision to ban girls from secondary education, leading at least one minister to leave Afghanistan and forcing ...

In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the Trump administration, appearing to sense an opening to re-establish ...

The Taliban is investigating an Afghan man’s claim to be 140 years old – which, if verified, would make him the oldest person ever to have lived. Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country’s ...

Afghan women’s rights activists are facing deportation from Pakistan, along with hundreds of thousands of Afghans living there. The activists risk imprisonment or death if they return to life ...

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border ...

I’LL TIME THAT OUT IN WEATHERWATCH 12. A MILWAUKEE CEO IS MAKING A PLEA TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GET HIS PARENTS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. HE SAYS THE TALIBAN IS HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR ...

A British pensioner held hostage for more than nine weeks by the Taliban has described his torment inside Afghanistan's most notorious prison as 'the nearest thing to hell I can imagine'.

The son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, were ...