Sher Abbas Stanikzai urges the Taliban to reconsider its ban on girls' education, citing no religious basis for it.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct knowledge of the negotiations told NBC News on Wednesday.

The Taliban has accused certain senior officials and leaders within Pakistan’s military of obstructing Aafia’s release, suggesting that they are not in favor of her freedom. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration is discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China on Feb. 1 because fentanyl is being sent from China to Mexico and Canada.

Ryan Corbett had been living in Afghanistan with his family at the time of the U.S.-backed government’s collapse in 2021.

President Trump criticized Putin's handling of the Ukraine war and expressed his intention to end the conflict swiftly, though experts remain skeptical.

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after

The deal came before Joe Biden, who oversaw the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, handed power to returning President Donald Trump.

Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in swap with Taliban brokered by Biden administration.

The Taliban's Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens, but said they were exchanged for Khan Muhammad, who was arrested in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar two decades ago and has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.

The last-minute deal was the final capstone in Biden’s campaign to release dozens of Americans detained abroad.