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Byline: Christina Goldbaum, David Zucchino and The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan - Girls are barred from secondary schools and women from traveling any significant distance without a male relative. [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Girls are barred from secondary schools and women from traveling any significant distance without a male relative. Men in government offices are told to grow beards, wear [...]

Britain apologized for ''any breach of Afghan culture, customs or laws'' by the detainees and said their travel to Afghanistan was ''a mistake.'' The Afghan government has released five British [...]

Byline: Bryan Denton, David Zucchino and Yaqoob Akbary KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. One Afghan government after another has pledged to [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. One Afghan government after another has pledged to stamp out opium production and trafficking, only to [...]

Byline: David Zucchino, Yaqoob Akbary and Kiana Hayeri The militant group in charge of the country is aggressively enforcing a decree requiring coverings from head to toe and crushing rare [...]

The militant group in charge of the country is aggressively enforcing a decree requiring coverings from head to toe and crushing rare public protests against the order. KABUL, Afghanistan -- [...]

A new decree recommends, but doesn't require that women wear burqas, and says male relatives of those who don't cover themselves would be punished. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban government [...]

With Russian troops massing for a presumed new assault in the east, many civilians heeded warnings and headed west. Some did not make it. Russian forces attacked civilian areas in [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Yaqoob Akbary Many former Afghan Air Force members fear they could be killed by the Taliban if they came out of hiding, but others have joined [...]

Many former Afghan Air Force members fear they could be killed by the Taliban if they came out of hiding, but others have joined the nascent Taliban air force. KABUL, [...]

Byline: David Zucchino, Safiullah Padshah and Jim Huylebroek KABUL, Afghanistan - Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital crib amid the mewling of desperately ill infants in the [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Yaqoob Akbary The Taliban have begun cracking down harder as women insist on their rights and as Western governments call for reforms. KABUL, Afghanistan - On [...]

The Taliban have begun cracking down harder as women insist on their rights and as Western governments call for reforms. KABUL, Afghanistan -- On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham [...]

KABUL -- When Fariba Mohebi, an 11th grader, learned in September that most Afghan girls would not join boys returning to school under Taliban rule, she shut the door and [...]

The quakes struck about two hours apart in a western border province along the border with Turkmenistan. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two earthquakes struck a remote, mountainous area of western Afghanistan, [...]

On July 1, with little warning and no public ceremony, U.S. forces abandoned the sprawling Bagram Air Base, the hub of the 20-year American war effort in Afghanistan. Six weeks [...]

Byline: David Zucchino Detained in Tajikistan, or hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan, many pilots wonder why the military that trained them is not coming to their aid. As Kabul [...]

Detained in Tajikistan, or hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan, many pilots wonder why the military that trained them is not coming to their aid. As Kabul was falling to [...]

Byline: David Zucchino They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. 'We have lost everything - [...]

They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. ''We have lost everything -- our jobs, our [...]

Byline: Ruhullah Khapalwak and David Zucchino The Taliban seized troves of American weapons and vehicles from surrendering Afghan soldiers. Now, gun dealers are doing a brisk business. In the chaos [...]

One of the first things the New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks witnessed after arriving in Afghanistan in late 2001, soon after U.S. airstrikes on Oct. 7 opened the invasion, [...]

The Taliban seized troves of American weapons and vehicles from surrendering Afghan soldiers. Now, gun dealers are doing a brisk business. In the chaos of the American military withdrawal and [...]

Afghanistan's new government is likely to severely restrict education for girls and women despite the Taliban's claims that schooling will eventually resume. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The director of a girls' [...]

Facing immense challenges in a devastated country, and a hard transition from war to administration, the Islamist movement is preparing to name a new, theocratic government. On the second full [...]

The strike eliminated what U.S. officials called an imminent terrorist threat. With the military evacuation of Afghans over, the United States and others say they will still get people out. [...]

Byline: David Zucchino A toddler was trampled to death as a crowd surged near the Kabul airport, and many residents who aided America remain in hiding, fearing they will be [...]

Families continued to swarm the airport in hopes of getting aboard American military planes. U.S. officials are now worried that Islamic State might launch an attack to damage the Taliban's [...]

A surging crowd trampled a toddler to death near the airport, and many residents who aided America remain in hiding, fearing they will be killed by their new rulers. On [...]

Byline: David Zucchino In early May, a Taliban commander telephoned Muhammad Jallal, a tribal elder in Baghlan Province in northern Afghanistan, and asked him to deliver a message to Afghan [...]

On Thursday, Afghanistan's Hazara minority, most of whom are Shiite Muslims, observed Ashura, in which Shiites commemorate the death of Imam Hussain, grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Ashura events in [...]

In early May, a Taliban commander telephoned Muhammad Jallal, a tribal elder in Baghlan Province in northern Afghanistan, and asked him to deliver a message to Afghan government troops at [...]

After almost two decades of war in Afghanistan and just weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. forces, the Taliban swiftly returned to power in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, [...]

Taliban fighters poured into the Afghan capital on Sunday amid scenes of panic and chaos, bringing a swift and shocking close to the Afghan government and the 20-year American era [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Fatima Faizi With U.S. troops leaving, the Taliban advancing, and a steady collapse of security force bases and outposts, the Hazara and other ethnic groups in [...]

With U.S. troops leaving, the Taliban advancing, and a steady collapse of security force bases and outposts, the Hazara and other ethnic groups in Afghanistan are raising militias. KABUL, Afghanistan [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Najim Rahim A program to bring people employed by the American military to the United States is backlogged, with thousands of applicants denied. KABUL, Afghanistan - [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Kiana Hayeri Threatened by the Taliban and considered AWOL by the Afghan military, a decorated helicopter pilot fled for the United States with his wife and [...]

A program to bring people employed by the American military to the United States is backlogged, with thousands of applicants denied. KABUL, Afghanistan -- It was an offhand comment, blurted [...]

Threatened by the Taliban and considered AWOL by the Afghan military, a decorated helicopter pilot fled for the United States with his wife and daughter. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Asadi [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Najim Rahim Dozens of besieged outposts or bases, and four district centers, have given up to the insurgents this month, in an accelerating rural collapse as [...]

Dozens of besieged outposts or bases, and four district centers, have given up to the insurgents this month, in an accelerating rural collapse as American troops leave. MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan -- [...]

A 3-day cease-fire is violated, but Afghans brave dangerous roads to celebrate a holiday with families. KABUL, Afghanistan -- On Saturday, the final day of a three-day national cease-fire for [...]

Even with violence escalating in the country, President Biden is bringing American troops home after nearly 20 years of war. President Biden, declaring that the United States had long ago [...]

A group of young Afghans studying for college entrance exams must risk suicide attacks by the Islamic State and the looming threat of a Taliban return. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two [...]

In Afghanistan, a rise in targeted attacks that the government seems unable to stop has also encouraged the settling of old scores through vendetta killings. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Bismillah Adel [...]

In blunt terms, Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeks to jump-start stalled negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has proposed a United [...]

Byline: David Zucchino Fighting intensified in the last quarter of 2020, after talks between the Afghan government and Taliban began. Before then, it had been a less deadly year than [...]

A half-million doses arrived this month in Afghanistan, where many insist the virus isn't real and vaccines aren't needed. Those who want the vaccine fear that only the well-connected will [...]