Taliban

UN calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse crackdown on women

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women and to combat militant groups inside Afghanistan that Pakistan accuses of carrying out cross-border attacks. China’s U.N. Ambassador Fu Cong, whose country sponsored the resolution, said the hope is that the … Read more

Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, Taliban says, as neighbors’ war reignites

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Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan early Wednesday in a further escalation of months of fighting between the neighbors that has killed hundreds of people. The strikes, which Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said hit the eastern provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika, shattered more than a month of calm in the war. Taliban regime spokesman Zabihullah … Read more

Taliban forces reportedly kill woman and child at protest sparked by arrests of women over dress code

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Taliban forces opened fire on people gathered for a rare protest in Afghanistan’s western Herat province Tuesday, killing at least one woman and a child, according to CBS News’ partner network BBC. Men and women had gathered to demonstrate against the recent arrest of women and girls over alleged violations of the Taliban’s strict dress … Read more

Combat veteran nearly killed by Taliban fires back at Platner’s deleted online attack: ‘You’re a coward’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient Ted Daniels, who was nearly killed by the Taliban, ripped Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner over a resurfaced post in which Platner said Daniels should not have survived. Speaking to “The Bottom Line” on Thursday, Daniels called Platner a “coward” for … Read more

Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit brought by a U.S. Army veteran injured in a Taliban suicide bombing to proceed, vacating a lower court ruling that had dismissed it.  Winston Tyler Hencely, a former U.S. Army specialist, suffered a fractured skull … Read more

Left in limbo, Afghans who served with U.S. forces fear Trump could send them back to the Taliban

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Those still at the camp struggle to fill their time, resting in the middle of the day to avoid the desert heat, and roaming streets that are named after U.S. states to help them learn about what was supposed to be their new home. Schooling is limited, especially for older students. Twice in the past … Read more

American Dennis Coyle lands in Texas after over a year in Taliban captivity

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dennis Coyle, an American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges, landed Wednesday on American soil following his release Monday from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan. Video and images showed the 64-year-old walking off a plane at a base in San Antonio, Texas. … Read more

Afghanistan frees US citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after Taliban arrest

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges has been released and is on his way home, Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler told Fox News. Dennis Coyle, 64, an academic who spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan, was … Read more

Taliban says it is releasing U.S. citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after he was detained

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Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday announced that it was releasing a U.S. national who had been detained since January 2025. The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed to the release after a letter from his family that Dennis Coyle “would be pardoned and released” for Eid. A Taliban senior official involved in prisoner negotiations … Read more