Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting homes in airstrikes that kill at least 4 civilians

Both sides have claimed to inflict heavy losses in what has become their deadliest fighting in years, a confrontation Pakistan has described as an “open war” with Afghanistan.

China urges Afghanistan, Pakistan to resolve tensions via talks, not force

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in a phone call that disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be resolved through

Afghanistan’s Taliban government rejects US allegation that it engages in ‘hostage diplomacy’

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries, saying Afghan authorities arrest people for violating laws not to make a deal.

Pakistan and Afghanistan claim killing dozens of the other side's troops in relentless fighting

Repeated appeals from the international community for restraint have had no effect as the fighting, now in its ninth day, continued unabated.

Rubio designates Afghanistan as 'state sponsor of wrongful detention': 'Despicable tactics'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, accusing the Taliban of using terrorist tactics against Americans.

Why young girls are disguised as boys in Afghanistan

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.

‘The Secret Reading Club of Kabul’ Follows Young Afghan Women, Inspired by Anne Frank, Defying the Taliban: “They Want to Be Heard and Seen”

The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism alive.