Thousands of people, including women, in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, took to the streets, protesting against the Taliban which has ordered them to vacate their houses in government-owned residential colonies just weeks before the winter season was to set in

Qatar's foreign minister visited Afghanistan--the first foreign leader to do so since the Taliban took power--and held talks with senior officials of the Taliban’s recently announced interim government

The Taliban announced on Sept. 7, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. The decision comes more than two weeks after the militant Islamist group seized control of much of the country, including the capital, Kabul. The Conversation asked Ali A. Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and Islam at Penn State University, to explain who Mullah Akhund is, and what his appointment may portend for Afghanistan amid concern over human rights in the war-ravaged nation.

A day after the Taliban announced its interim government in Afghanistan, packed with hardline leaders of the movement, the group has still a long way to go for getting international recognition

The Taliban on Tuesday evening announced the new government in Afghanistan--almost three weeks after capturing Kabul--headed by Mullah Hasan Akhund, a close associate of the movement founder Mullah Omar

Afghanistan will not accept condition-based aid, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said a day after senior UN officials met Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss humanitarian assistance to the country

The Taliban on Monday said that they took control of the whole of Panjshir province, 125 north of Kabul, and the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces, thus bringing the only province the group never controlled under its rule

The protest by a group of Afghan women, demanding equal rights and their participation in the future government in Kabul, was violently brought to an end by the Taliban special forces, leaving many protesters injured, various reports said

At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanistan that has built up strong resistance against the hardline Islamist group

Two weeks after taking over power, when Afghanistan has been without any government, the Taliban are likely to announce a new administration after  Friday afternoon prayers, with its top spiritual figure Haibatullah Akhundzada set to be named the country’s supreme authority, Taliban sources and media reports said

The Taliban has stepped up attacks on Panjshir valley--the last remaining Afghan province still not under the group’s control-- as talks with the resistance leaders of the valley didn’t yield any result

Two weeks have passed since the Taliban captured Kabul, Afghanistan is without a government, at a time when the country is staring at a grave humanitarian crisis

Celebratory gunfire was heard across Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after the last US troops pulled out of the country where it had arrived 20 years back for waging a war on terror in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in American in September 200

US air defense system on Monday morning intercepted at least five rockets fired at Kabul airport where thousands of US troops are still stationed, reported Reuters, as troops are racing to wind their presence

Faced with a deepening economic crisis, the Taliban has directed all banks in Afghanistan to limit cash withdrawal, permitting only $200 (roughly 2000 afghanis) per week per account holder as thousands of people lined up at banks which open on Sunday for the first time since the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government on 15 August