The former captain of an Afghan national women's football team has said the game saved her life, after fleeing the country ...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two of the Taliban's top leaders, accusing them of ...

In a sweltering city in Afghanistan, taxis have been spotted with scrubby barrels and exhaust tubes mounted to their roofs.

Malala Yousafzai’s birthday and the day she spoke to the UN, is observed as Malala Day each year. Named after the Nobel Prize ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded as many as 28,000 Afghans leaving Iran in a single day in June, ...

The Taliban has told the BBC it will endeavour to release two British nationals who have been arrested and held in Afghanistan "as soon as possible". Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75 ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until its ...

The Taliban say 90,000 CCTV cameras in Kabul will reduce crime but there are fears for human rights.

The Taliban has told the BBC it will "endeavour" to release two British nationals who have been arrested and held in Afghanistan "as soon as possible".

The Taliban government has not been formally recognised by any other country. The surveillance system the BBC is shown in Kabul features the option to track people by facial recognition.