Taliban

People walk across Red Square near St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower in central Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Europe

Russia accepts Taliban's nominated ambassador to Moscow

Russia in April suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paved the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the...

A stock image of a man playing chess in a tournament in Kandahar in June 2022. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Taliban suspends chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns

Bombing in a former stronghold of Pakistani Taliban kills 7 people and wounds 16
World+Biz

Bombing in a former stronghold of Pakistani Taliban kills 7 people and wounds 16

The Taliban's call to preserve Afghanistan's heritage had been met with initial scepticism following their destructive first rule. Photo: Wakil Koshar/AFP
World+Biz

From destroyers to guardians? Taliban now vow to protect Afghanistan’s ancient relics

Caption: The Taliban are back in control of the country, and any hope that they would govern more pragmatically than in the past has been dashed. Photo: Reuters
Asia

Taliban delegation visits Japan in rare trip outside region

A diplomatic victory for the Taliban?
Thoughts

A diplomatic victory for the Taliban?

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. File Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Taliban reject ICC arrest warrant as 'politically motivated'

Taliban security personnel stand guard at the police headquarters in Ghazni on January 19, 2025. File Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Afghan Taliban member freed from US custody in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai a summit on girls' education in Muslim nations being held in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Photo: BSS/AFP
South Asia

Malala Yousafzai tells Muslim leaders not to 'legitimise' Taliban

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 14, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Russia pledges broader Afghanistan ties, says US should help rebuild

A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
Climate Change

Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

File photo: Reuters
World+Biz

19 militants killed in separate shootouts in Pakistan

Afhgani women studying in the United Kingdom. Photo BSS/AFP
Europe

Afghan women continue medical studies in Scotland after Taliban ban