Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have barred women from university and most jobs, and imposed tight restrictions on ...

LONDON, - When the Taliban suddenly shut nursing and midwifery schools across Afghanistan this month, a handful of students in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif removed their white coats and set ...

The most consequential factor behind recent army collapses is external rather than internal: the loss of foreign patrons.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday after being voted in ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 49th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

The Syrian army disintegrated in the face of the opposition offensive because of low morale and years of mismanagement.

BBC reveals the 2024 100 Women list. Here are the most inspiring and influential women for 2024 from around the world ...

Meghan and Prince Harry launched the Welcome Project in 2023 as a way to help build community for recently resettled Afghan ...

Avtar Singh has a delectable way of evoking mystery and setting the scene. He knows exactly how to envelop the reader in the ...

Meghan and Prince Harry launched the Welcome Project in 2023 as a way to help build community for recently resettled Afghan women, a mission that was driven by Meghan’s earlier work with the ...

A promotion for the general who became known as the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan was approved by the Senate after a ...

DOGE points to absurdities like $28 million spent on “licensing fees” for “Afghan National Army uniforms,” and $2.5 million on “a Super Bowl Ad for the Census.” Or $1.7 million “for holograms of dead ...