The cold wave has been particularly harsh across northern provinces, where temperatures dropped in places to well below -30 degrees.

Former government employees say despite a general amnesty they feel threatened and call on the Taliban to ensure their safety

Female teachers stand by teenage girls and hold classes in their homes despite running the risk of being caught by.

The Taliban’s ministry of higher education has told private universities if they fail to adhere to the rule they will.

Desperate to build a new life, refugees stuck in the UAE embark on protest action over Washington’s slow resettlement process

Migrants who returned home say Turkish border police are particularly cruel, and Iranian authorities hold them in a camp without.

Kandahar journalists say they are closely monitored by the intelligence directorate, whose officials take little notice of what local authorities.

On Saturday, the anti-immigrant politician from the far-right fringe burned a copy of the holy Muslim book during a protest.

The bitterly cold weather in Afghanistan this month has so far killed over 160 people in the country’s worst winter.

The Taliban’s secretive leader is seldom seen in public and is known to let his special representative stand in for.