According to Japanese government sources, the Nippon Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation in Tokyo, invited ...

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one ...

Two U.S. citizens—one of whom has been identified as Ryan Corbett—were exchanged for Khan Mohammed, who was convicted by the U.S. of narcotics and terrorism charges.

By Marlise Simons The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban government and the ...

If issued, the warrants would be the first international acknowledgment of the Taliban’s persecution of Afghan women. "These applications recognise that Afghan women and girls as well as the ...

Pakistan urges Afghanistan to act after Taliban militants kill 3 policemen and injure 6 in a checkpost attack. #Pakistan #Taliban ...

ICC judges will now decide whether to issue the warrants. The Taliban said it strongly condemned the accusations as "baseless" and politically motivated, accusing the court of "double standards".

Mohammed — who the US Justice Department previously said had “sought to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan using rockets” — had already landed back in Kabul, the Taliban said early Tuesday.

Officials in Washington did not respond to requests for comment early Tuesday after Trump's inauguration the day before.The Taliban called the exchange the result of “long and fruitful ...