Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power. Some Kabul residents feel safer but urge leaders to focus on jobs and education.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. EXCLUSIVE. Five years on, and Maryam* is still haunted by the memory of running for her life as the Taliban seized Afghanistan and turned her life into an 'endless prison

In the five years since the chaotic US withdrawal, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian emergencies.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have launched a diplomatic effort to end their isolation as major regional and international powers show a readiness to engage more closely with the rep

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty today to federal stalking charges in the case surrounding the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He said in court that he “shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan in his back.

Five years of Taliban rule, what has changed? On the fifth anniversary of the US leaving Afghanistan, Isobel Yeung reports on what life is like for women and children. New figures from Save the Children reveal that nearly one in ten children under the age of five is suffering from acute malnutrition.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The mayor for Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province has been killed in an explosion, officials said, the second high-ranking official of the Taliban administration to be the target of deadly attacks in the region in the past two weeks.

In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say. By Elian Peltier Elian Peltier, the Times’s Afghanistan bureau ...

The Taliban government celebrates five years of ruling Afghanistan on Saturday, with the authorities hailing their country's "freedom" and security, while critics decry tightening restrictions in all areas of daily life.