GOP-led House panel says Biden administration misled public on Afghanistan exit

The House Foreign Affairs Committee details the panel's yearslong investigation into the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal in a forthcoming report.

• Sep 8, 2024

Afghan women dare to sing out in online protests against Taliban laws

The U.S. says Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are trying to "complete the erasure of women" from society, but Afghan women refuse to be erased quietly.

• Sep 5, 2024

Afghan women silenced, terror groups rise after 3 years of Taliban rule

Three years after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, women have been silenced and terror groups are regaining a foothold.

• Aug 28, 2024

These Afghan cycling sisters escaped the Taliban to compete in Paris

When Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi started cycling in Afghanistan, they had to do it secretly. Their goals at the 2024 Olympics go way beyond the medal podium.

• Jul 26, 2024

1,000 days after Taliban ban on girls in school, the resistance lives

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers bar girls over 12 from receiving a formal education, but some brave young women refuse to accept the draconian edict.

• Jun 7, 2024

Afghan diplomat accused of smuggling gold into India resigns

Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan's top diplomat in India, announced her resignation after reportedly being stopped at an airport with the gold cache.

• May 6, 2024

9 children dead after old land mine explodes in Afghanistan

Nine children died in eastern Afghanistan when an old land mine exploded while they were playing with it, an official said.

• Apr 2, 2024

Moscow attack fuels concern over ISIS risk from Taliban's Afghanistan

The Taliban promised the Trump administration it wouldn't allow terror groups to plot attacks on Afghan soil. That vow has gone unfulfilled.

• Mar 28, 2024

Transgender Afghan refugees escape the Taliban, but not persecution

Two transgender Afghan refugees who managed to escape Taliban rule say they're no better off as refugees in Pakistan.

• Feb 29, 2024

Al Qaeda setting up new training camps in Afghanistan, U.N. report says

A report compiled for the U.N. Security Council says the Taliban has allowed al Qaeda to continue posing "a threat in the region and potentially beyond."

• Feb 1, 2024

Taliban detains dozens of Afghan women for breaking hijab rules

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers say dozens of women were detained and "advised in front of their family members" over alleged dress code violations.

• Jan 10, 2024

Taliban jails women to protect them from gender-based violence, U.N. says

The report is a snapshot of legal and judicial responses by the Taliban to complaints of gender-based violence, including murders, honor killings​ and rapes.

• Dec 14, 2023

Report warns Taliban crackdown, abuse in schools harming girls and boys

The Taliban's draconian school policies are "causing irreversible damage to the Afghan education system for boys as well as girls," rights group warns.

• Dec 12, 2023

Pakistan begins mass deportation of Afghan refugees

The Pakistani government gave 1.7 million Afghan refugees living in the country until Nov. 1 to leave voluntarily or face arrest and forced deportation.

• Nov 3, 2023

U.S. provides $12 million in aid for Afghan earthquake relief

The United States is providing $12 million in "immediate humanitarian assistance" for Afghanistan following multiple devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 1,200 people and leveled villages.

• Oct 13, 2023

Race to find survivors after devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan

More than 2,000 people were killed by powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan's western Herat region, but the toll is likely to rise.

• Oct 9, 2023

Powerful earthquakes kill at least 2,000 in Afghanistan

Videos shared on social media show villages once full of mud houses that used to dot the landscape have been reduced to piles of earthy rubbles.

• Oct 8, 2023

Pakistan's plan to expel thousands of Afghans spurs fear, condemnation

Afghan's Taliban regime has decried Pakistan's plan to deport "illegal alien nationals," and the U.N. says, "any refugee return must be voluntary."

• Oct 4, 2023

American woman said to be among 18 aid workers detained in Afghanistan

A regional official tells CBS News the aid workers were arrested for "promoting Christianity," but the nonprofit group involved says it's received no information.

• Sep 18, 2023

Afghan interpreter says U.S. denied visa plea even after Taliban torture

"Their lives are in danger," a former U.S. soldier trying to help Massoud through a "flawed and ridiculous" application process told CBS News.

• Sep 1, 2023

Afghan women reflect on 2 years of Taliban rule

Since returning to power, the Taliban have introduced several severe restrictions on women's and girls' rights and freedom, including closing schools and universities and limiting employment opportunities.

• Aug 16, 2023

UN education envoy says Afghan girls face "crime against humanity"

The U.N.'s education envoy on Tuesday said the Taliban's denial of education and employment to Afghan girls and women "should count as a crime against humanity."

• Aug 15, 2023

2 years since Taliban retook Afghanistan, its leader rules from the shadows

He is rarely seen in public. So who is he and what motivates him?

• Aug 15, 2023

U.S. pushes Taliban on human rights 2 years after Afghan takeover

Afghan women's rights activists blasted the U.S. delegation for even meeting Taliban officials, demanding that the U.S. not "compromise our rights."

• Aug 1, 2023

Pakistan police eye ISIS affiliate as suicide blast toll soars over 50

The attack targeted a political rally for a pro-Taliban cleric, and that group's rival, the local ISIS affiliate, is based just over the border in Afghanistan.

• Jul 31, 2023

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