(THE CONVERSATION) The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and Islam at Penn State University, a key to understanding what is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taliban militants have entered Afghanistan's capital of Kabul and forced the United States to evacuate diplomats from its embassy ...

At first, it was a small museum in a nondescript office building in Kabul, with a seemingly mundane collection — like a 14-year-old's schoolbooks and black sandals. The teenager had died in Kabul in a ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's ...

The Taliban were formed out of this violence and chaos, and now the organization asserts itself over Afghanistan once again. A Modern History Of Afghanistan And The Taliban People around the world are ...

In a move that marks both a dramatic reversal of history and a striking geopolitical realignment, Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, ...

On the sidelines of the third round of the U.N.-convened Doha Working Group (commonly known as Doha Process) meetings held in the Qatari capital on June 30 and July 1, Russia’s Special Presidential ...