At least 29 people have been killed in a raid on an Afghan prison claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Monday, as the country waited to see if a government ceasefire with the Taliban ...

KABUL, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A group of 200 Afghan prisoners were set free from holding centers in Pakistan last week and have been brought back to their country, Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and ...

Suspected Taliban fighters are often subjected to illegal torture in some Afghan-run detention centers, a United Nations report found. Prisoners are hung by their hands, electrocuted, and in some ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law ...

The United States handed over its controversial Bagram prison to Afghanistan on Monday, as part of a deal to transfer all prisons to Afghan control by the end of 2014, Reuters reported. The transfer ...

ATHENS, Greece — A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality ...