The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Taliban officials over a plethora of allegations ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

A court has ruled that the government cannot renege on a promise of visas to an Afghan family at risk of persecution by the Taliban.A German court ruled on Tuesday that an Afghan family previously ...

A bill by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius foresees some military conscription in cases of need, German media reported.

BERLIN - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban on receiving Afghan migrants deported from Germany, he told Focus magazine in an interview.

With a pledge of support and official recognition, Russia’s relationship with the Taliban has evolved considerably.

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?

But the Taliban aren't the only ones who've banned chess. Iran did, too, after the revolution in 1978. It was repealed a decade later, and now Iran's a regional chess powerhouse.