KABUL (Reuters) - While negotiations between Taliban insurgents and U.S. envoys fuel dreams of peace in Afghanistan, the squatter village of Pul-e Shina highlights the tough realities ahead if the ...

In Afghanistan in 2025, under Taliban rule, women are largely restricted from public life. However, within the confines of their homes, families gather, sharing moments of joy and solidarity through ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Fazelminallah Qazizai, a journalist and NPR's producer in Afghanistan, about life in the country two years after the Taliban took over. Fazelminallah Qazizai was in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — He was a retired, medal-winning wrestler, often one of the first to arrive after a suicide bombing to help evacuate the wounded on the shoulders of his muscular frame. On Sunday, ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 17 (UNHCR) - Eleven-year-old Jawad Hameed was fed up with life in Kabul. "I used to go to school and after that I had to go to the mechanic workshop to earn some money," he ...