Afghanistan under Taliban rule is a world few outsiders truly understand. Travel guides rarely reveal the risks, restrictions ...

Travellers run the gauntlet of Taliban checkpoints, fighting, robberies, kidnappings, and pressure-plate bombs targeting government officials and security forces. Road trips are a dangerous, and often ...

A recent travel account offers a nuanced view of Afghanistan, moving beyond extreme online portrayals. The traveler details a 13-day journey through cities and valleys, encountering checkpoints and ...

Control is asserted publicly. Yet violence persists. It travels. It embeds itself deeper into the political landscape of Afghanistan. Two resistance groups dominated recent developments: The National ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan provincial official says that a total of 29 border police officers have been killed after the Taliban overran two check points in southern Helmand province. Bashir ...

Fierce clashes have broken out between Afghan police and Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. A local official, who requested anonymity, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan that the militants ...

Afghan officials say at least six government troops have been killed in Taliban attacks on two military checkpoints in the country's south. Gul Islam Seyal, a spokesman for the governor of Zabul ...