KABUL (Pajhwok): About 4,126 carats of emeralds have been sold for more than 6,372,517 afghanis in central Panjshir province. In a statement, the provincial media office said that these emeralds were ...

Afghanistan's Taliban, which spent 20 years fighting the U.S.-backed government in Kabul as an insurgency, is now battling to defend its increasingly draconian rule from resistance forces bent on ...

Ahmad Massoud held talks in Iran with the Taliban's foreign minister, according to Afghan state media - Copyright AFP/File WAKIL KOHSAR Ahmad Massoud held talks in ...

Spokesmen for the National Resistance Front, a group of Afghan soldiers still loyal to the previous government that has waged a guerilla war against the Taliban since the group’s takeover, claimed ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Monday they seized the last province not in their control after their blitz through Afghanistan last month, overrunning forces who had opposed their takeover ...

Amnesty International released a report last week presenting evidence of Taliban war crimes in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, the base of operations for opposition forces belonging to the National ...

PARWAN, Afghanistan -- Resistance to the Taliban is flaring up in northeastern Afghanistan, and as reports of deadly fighting increase, so are claims of war crimes against civilians. The fighting is ...