Pakistan’s far north holds some of the world’s highest peaks and has a proud cultural identity, but until now international ...

EDITORIAL: Diplomacy is often the art of the possible, but in Pakistan’s case, when it comes to Afghanistan, it ...

Religious schools increasingly offer a range of subjects as the mainstream education ban enters its fourth year.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here. Read ...

Afghanistan remains the only country where ... physics, mathematics, and geography, and languages like Dari, Pashto, and English. Though a few madrassas tried to introduce midwifery and first ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama hopped door-to-door at embassies and consulates this week in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Glezmann, center, poses with ...

An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta ...

The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory that could reshape U.S. relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban ...

An American was freed from Afghanistan on Thursday after more than two years in Taliban captivity in a deal brokered by Qatar. George Glezmann, a Delta Air Lines mechanic, has left Kabul and is ...

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform ...