The Taliban’s newly signed 90-page penal code allows husbands to physically punish wives if there are no “broken bones or open wounds,” replacing earlier protections and drawing global criticism.

The Taliban's new penal code in Afghanistan has added to the already existing restrictions on women. This time it has gotten worse; it legalises domestic violence, as long as there are no visible ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned a senior Afghan diplomat and lodged a strong protest over a deadly suicide attack ...