The Taliban in Afghanistan have been among the most hardline, stunning the world in 2001 by obliterating the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. In 2024, the Taliban’s morality ministry reported ...

“Bilateral relations, the release of prisoners and consular services for Afghans in the United States” were discussed in the ...

Taliban authorities announced late last month the arrest of a Chinese-American woman on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas until ...

KABUL: Taliban authorities freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered by ...

The pre-Islamic statues, notably the two giant Buddhas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, "are only a transcription of history and have no negative impact on the faith of Muslims," Wassel said in ...

Taliban authorities on Thursday freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered ...

Boehler, who has been handling hostage affairs for the White House, was accompanied by Washington’s former envoy to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad. The delegation is the first from Washington since US ...

World: The release was announced after the Taliban government's foreign minister hosted US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and ...

Taliban authorities announced late last month the arrest of a Chinese-American woman on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas until ...