Haibatullah Akhundzada issues 'obligatory' command for judges to impose public executions, amputations of limbs, stonings and floggings

Female afghans denounce move as part of 'anti-women ideology' being reimposed by the hardline Islamists: 'Afghanistan today has turned into a dungeon for women'

Yu Aw synagogue in West Afghan city formerly home to tens of thousands of Jewish residents set for $500,000 renovation despite last Jew abandoning city after Taliban takeover

Attack targets Shiite Muslim area, home to the minority Hazara community; no claim of responsibility

Bashir Noorzai says he was last Taliban detainee at facility after 17 years of imprisonment; Washington yet to confirm release of Mark Frerichs, kidnapped in 2020

IS declares responsibility after bomber strikes mission's consular section, in first attack against a foreign mission since the Taliban seized power last August

Local unconfirmed reports say 8-10 people die in blast that occurred as people waited for visas outside mission

No immediate claim of responsibility for attack at Friday prayers that killed Mujib-ul Rahman Ansari, who was considered close to the Taliban; 21 others wounded

10 members of Aimal Ahmadi's family were killed in 2021 attack that US military acknowledged was case of mistaken identity, but so far promised compensation has not been delivered

On the first anniversary of the end of the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan as Taliban regained power, evacuees and Jewish volunteers reflect on the struggles of starting over