Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun ... was being driven with his interpreter to the Dasht-e-Qala district late Tuesday when their vehicle was ambushed.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the group’s Foreign Minister, met with Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.

Garth Hudson, the stoic multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the Canadian roots-rock group the Band, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in his adopted hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. He was 87.

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, and who in his later years remained an in-demand player among young musicians ...

Garth Hudson in 1969. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson called him “far and away the most advanced musician in rock ’n’ roll.”Credit...David Attie/Getty Images ...

Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released. Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody in a prisoner swap ...

Two Americans have been released from Afghanistan, their families said Tuesday, as the Taliban announced a prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry ...

By Adam Goldman Carol Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes Adam Goldman and Julian ... secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in ...

I thought of the sad reality that all five original members of the Band are no longer among the living, the sorrow that Hudson faced watching his bandmates battle addiction and illness over the ...

Iranian singer Tataloo sentenced to death for blasphemy He faced other charges like promoting prostitution and propaganda He was extradited from Turkey to Iran in 2023 Iranian singer Amir Hossein ...

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed responsibility for a blast in the central square of Pol-e-Khomri city. The explosion targeted a convoy of Taliban intelligence vehicles on Saturday, 18 ...

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee ...