Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power

Human Rights Watch says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members from a local organization focused on women's and children's rights

David McBride was jailed after pleading guilty to leaking military secrets about Afghanistan.

Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, faces charges of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences.

Child wasting, the deadliest form of malnutrition, has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan's provinces.