Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and ...

Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid rising tensions with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Pakistan is allegedly plotting to trigger a civil war in Afghanistan, a fear which has escalated after ISI chief ...

Many of their members were former Mujahedeen fighters who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan's civil war in the '80s and '90s. They came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an ...

Much of Kabul lay in ruins at the height of what became known as the ‘civil war’ period in Afghanistan in the mid 90s (1995) Jamiat-e Islami fighter exchanges gunfire with rival faction in the ...

As the U.S. continues its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of President Biden’s Sept. 11 deadline, the Taliban is rapidly advancing around the country. Image: Reuters Videos that speak ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Afghanistan is a place, not a war. Taliban suicide bombings may dominate the news, but the sprawling Central Asian ...

The Taliban’s refusal to participate – and those invited to represent Afghanistan from other groups – sparked much debate among Afghans. With Biden’s announced timeline for full U.S ...

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was shot while shielding his comrades from enemy fire as they worked to save an injured Afghan ally.

Lyse Doucet talks to Afghans and others about their fears and hopes for Afghanistan’s future ... peace to a country that had known nothing but war since the Soviets invaded 20 years earlier.