A flare-up in Middle East violence lifted oil prices while dragging down both stocks and bonds on concern that an escalation of the war could fuel inflation.

A lack of rights, falling wages, deteriorating living conditions: Five years of Taliban rule have brought changes to ...

Taliban rulers have celebrated the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan. They claim to have brought ...

In the five years since the chaotic US withdrawal, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and ...

Five years after conquering Afghanistan, the Taliban have squandered every opportunity to form a functional government—and unrest is beginning to mount.

In a whitewashed basement in a village south of Kabul, a dozen young women bustle about, stirring cauldrons of bubbling cherries and plums, and sticking labels on glass jam jars. Ventures like this ...

In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say. By Elian Peltier ...

I am 44 years old and I hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. I teach at a high school in Kabul, and I have been working as ...

He is, even by Taliban standards, extraordinarily extreme. Chart: The Economist Stability after decades of war is not nothing ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is thinking about changing the schedule of the upcoming three T20I matches against India. The series is currently set to be played on September 13, 15 and 17 at the ...

Her family had spent several months in hotels after Boris Johnson's government evacuated them from Kabul in 2021 in the UK's ...

Rashid Khan takes six wickets as Afghanistan beat Ireland by 92 runs in Gary Wilson's first one-day international as head ...