Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist ...

Russia on Thursday suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist ...

The Russian court’s move was a diplomatic victory for the Taliban, who were put on Moscow’s list of terrorist organisations ...

Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban against the Taliban on Thursday, removing Afghanistan’s rulers from a list of terror ...

Russia’s Supreme Court has suspended the country’s ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, which had been designated a ...

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed ...

The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers ...

The BBC speaks to young women who are now working to support their families in one of few jobs they are allowed to do.

Up to three million Afghans were estimated to have been killed by the time the Soviets withdrew in 1989. The Taliban, which ...

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted its long-standing ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, removing the group from its ...

A strict Islamic morality law introduced by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers six months ago has severely muzzled civil liberties ...

The court's ruling on a request by Russia's Prosecutor General's Office followed last year's adoption of a law stipulating ...