Newly empowered and emboldened, the TTP dreams of following in the Afghan Taliban’s footsteps by carving out its own emirate – this time on Pakistani soil.

How can the international community ensure that aid reaches the needy without empowering the Taliban or helping them consolidate their authoritarian regime?

Two Americans remain in Taliban custody after a two-for-one prisoner exchange the Biden administration negotiated before departing the White House.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban officials for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.

In a post on X Saturday evening, Rubio said, “Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported. If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on their top leaders, maybe even bigger than the one we had on Bin Laden.”

Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won by Afghan women and girls during two decades of rule by American-backed governments.

The U.S. may place a "very big bounty" on the top leaders of the Taliban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday, adding he was hearing that the Taliban held more American hostages than previously reported.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order instructing his officials to prepare a facility to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. This facility in Cuba has a notorious past where prisoners accused of terrorism-related offences have been detained after 9/11.

In her first White House press conference, press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that DOGE had identified $50 million for condoms in Gaza.