Afghan taekwondo star Marzieh Hamidi told AFP the death threats she has received, forcing her to live under French police protection, show how effective her stinging criticism of the Taliban has been.

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against ...

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Veterans groups sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday, asking him to to reconsider an executive order that could impact Afghan interpreters and their families.

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While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.

This marks the first time the ICC prosecutor has built a case around the systemic crimes against women and girls. Many also see this as a rare moment of vindication for Afghan activists, who over the ...

In a horrifying video that had surfaced on social media, a woman with her daughter and two nieces were paraded with blackened faces and placards around necks on theft suspicion.

Security forces successfully neutralised six terrorists attempting to infiltrate Balochistan’s Zhob district from the ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he has requested arrest warrants for two top Afghan Taliban ...

ICC prosecutor Khan argued the Taliban was “brutally” repressing resistance through crimes “including murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, enforced disappearance, ...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two of the Afghan Taliban’s most senior leaders.