- 12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Jon Boone
- The Taliban's attempt to kill a 14-year-old girl, famous for speaking out against Islamic militants, has triggered a wave of revulsion in Pakistan.
- 10 Oct 2012 15:23 - Saud Mehsud
- Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai who was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday had defied threats for years, believing her good work was her protection.
- 10 Oct 2012 09:27 - SH Khan
- Doctors were to decide whether to fly abroad the 14-year-old activist who is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by the Taliban.
- 14 Sep 2012 00:00 - Matt Waldman
- A genuine dialogue with the mullahs is essential if stability is to gain a foothold in Afghanistan, writes Matt Waldman.
- 13 Jul 2012 08:05 - Julian Borger
- A senior commander of the Taliban has offered a pragmatic view on the futility of the war and the future of Afghanistan. Julian Borger reports.
- 16 Apr 2012 12:07 - Sardar Ahmad
- Afghanistan says its regained control of Kabul, killing all the Taliban militants who launched one of the biggest attacks on the city in a decade.
- 15 Apr 2012 07:08 - Saud Mehsud
- Nearly 400 prisoners escaped from jail in northwest Pakistan after it was attacked by militants armed with guns and grenades.
- 19 Mar 2012 10:49 - Emine Saner
- Sadaf Rahimi has gone against tradition and is the only female member of Afghanistan's national Olympic team. She is a boxer.
- 15 Mar 2012 17:13 - Haji Mujtaba
- A Pakistan army spokesperson says a Swiss couple, who was kidnapped by the Taliban last July, have escaped from their captors and are well.
- 08 Feb 2012 19:24 - Staff Reporter
- The US's chief envoy to Afghanistan, Marc Grossman, has met with Taliban leaders in Qatar as part of efforts to get the rebels to negotiate.
- 01 Feb 2012 17:54 - Staff Reporter
- The US says the Taliban are set to retake control of Afghanistan when Nato withdraws, raising fears of a failure of Western policy after a costly war.
- 20 Jan 2012 00:00 - Julian Borger
- US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.
- 07 Jan 2012 17:05 - Staff Reporter
- Inmates in Afghanistan's US-run Bagram Prison have faced abuses including torture, beatings and other mistreatment, according to a government report.
- 06 Jan 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- The United States has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.
- 26 Dec 2011 12:15 - Staff Reporter
- Afghanistan will accept a Taliban office in Qatar to help peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without its consent.
- 21 Oct 2011 10:00 - Andrew Quinn
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington and Pakistan must get the Taliban and Haqqani network involved in the Afghan peace process.
- 21 Sep 2011 12:15 - Staff Reporter
- Afghans gathered to mourn assassinated former president and chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani on Wednesday.
- 21 Sep 2011 12:03 - Staff Reporter
- A Taliban suicide bomber on Tuesday killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council.
- 08 Jul 2011 10:21 - Chris Roper
- It's nice to see that feminism is finally making sensibly clad strides in Taliban-contested areas, writes Chris Roper.
