Trevor Bickford, 19, charged with four counts of attempted murder of police officers he assaulted on New Year's Eve

British royal also takes flack in UK over revelations in new memoir 'Spare' about his military service: 'Flashman braggadocio'

Rights chief Volker Turk says policies excluding half of Afghanistan's population will destabilize country, with effects rippling beyond borders

Move sparks outcry, coming less than a week after Islamist authorities banned women from attending universities; Afghan women are effectively being squeezed out of public life

A look at the growing restrictions enforced by the radical group since its return to power

'We are doomed. We have lost everything,' one student says as hardline Islamists tighten restrictions on women; Washington vows 'consequences'

In a further indication of the Islamist authorities' intention of resuming previous hardline policies, officials execute man convicted of murder

Officials in Afghani militant group said to have rented heavy machinery and building materials to construction contractors hired by Qatari authorities

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'