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

Despite grave world condemnation, Afghanistan's fundamentalist ruling Taliban are said to have used artillery and explosives on Friday to destroy two giant rock-hewn Buddha statues they decry as ...

a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas -- destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Qani refused to confirm the identities of the detainees, or give further details on their ...

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

British media had reported their arrest, along with a Chinese-American woman and their Afghan translator, on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for ...