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

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

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

Russian envoy accuses Washington of destroying and robbing country with 20-year occupation; US ambassador points to oppressive Kabul regime, its support for terror

Prominent cleric Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli reported dead in blast at the Siddiquiya Mosque in the capital's Kher Khanna neighborhood

Mahdi Mujahid, a minority Shiite Hazara, broke with the extremist group earlier this year, sparking days of fighting; Taliban rejects early reports that showed him captured alive

Former insurgents struggle to govern and remain internationally isolated, driving millions into poverty while imposing more restrictions on women

Sima Samar, a former minister of women’s affairs, urges international pressure to allow all girls to attend secondary school and university and ensure human rights

'I am not only teaching them school subjects, but also trying to teach them how to fight and stand for their rights,' one underground teacher says