A major earthquake wrought destruction across eastern Afghanistan, claiming hundreds of lives. Follow Newsweek for live updates.

A handful of countries have already responded to the Taliban's aid appeal, including the UK which has set out £1m in relief funding.

Afghan women who fled Taliban rule describe trauma, loss, and fear as they struggle for recognition abroad. As Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.

For every story I hear, I know there are hundreds of others that are not getting out. Between January 2022 and June 2024, Afghan Witness documented 840 incidents of gender-based violence against women ...

A female cat has more freedom in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan today than a woman, Meryl Streep said at the United Nations on Monday, stating that the world has been upended. "Today in Kabul a female ...

The Afghanistan War Commission, created by Congress shortly after the 2021 withdrawal, held its first public hearing, formally kicking off its heavy undertaking of assessing the mistakes of ...

Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to ...

US chose to directly engage with Taliban movement, created circumstances for Taliban's return to power in August 2021 ...

Actress Meryl Streep declared that cats, squirrels and birds are granted more freedom than women in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. After the Taliban took control of power in Afghanistan in August 2021 ...