Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women ...

From female journalists wiping computer files to beauticians removing posters from salons, many Afghan women are taking no chances with the country's new Taliban leaders despite promises they can keep ...

The Hazrat Ali Shrine, also known as the Blue Mosque, is considered one of the holiest sites in Afghanistan and is believed ...

It has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever. The number of Afghan civilians killed ...

The Taliban confirmed Friday that Northern Alliance troops had entered southern portions of the city, but said it was assembling its forces on the outskirts of the town for a counterattack, according ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban today captured a large, heavily defended city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government, and were approaching the capital of Kabul, less than ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women's shelter in a northern Afghan city ran away. Left abandoned were 20 women who had fled a variety of domestic ...

JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan -- The Taliban acknowledged early Saturday that it lost the city of Mazar-e-Sharif to opposition forces in northern Afghanistan. American officials confirmed opposition forces ...

Shortly before a ceasefire brought an end to a week of violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which dozens of ...

NEW YORK -- A New York City man was arrested at JFK International Airport Friday morning after allegedly trying to join the Taliban. Delowar Mohammed Hossain, 33, of the Bronx, made his first court ...