The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan — There's a comforting immutability to the way Waheed Merzazadah prepares for his day's work: the methodical cutting of the sheep carcasses down to the right size, the readying of the vegetables and spices, the patient poring over of his well-worn collection of chainaks, or teapots. Watching him…

KABUL, Afghanistan — The first thing you see walking out of Kabul's airport is a billboard advertising Chinatown, which, if you visit, turns out to be a plain, off-white trio of 10-story towers in the Afghan capital's Taimani district. On the ground floor are shops selling Chinese products, including lights,…

Afghans queue for an evacuation flight out of Kabul (LPhot Ben Shread/MoD/PA)

SIGAR identifies six factors that contributed to the collapse of the Afghan government and return of Taliban to power.

The Taliban has justified the ban, saying women ignored gender segregation and dress code orders imposed earlier.

The Taliban have been condemned by the United Nations for banning Afghan women from public spaces like gyms, parks and funfairs.

A Taliban official says women are banned from using gyms in Afghanistan

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.

The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind

A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people.

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.