As the return of a repressive government in Afghanistan is feared, a province in the country has forbidden men from shaving or trimming their beards.

In a gruesome display of brutality, the Taliban have left the dead bodies of four alleged kidnappers hanging from a crane parked in the heart of the Afghan city of Herat as the insurgents reinstate their hardline rule to serve as a lesson to other offenders.

An Afghan journalist has been shot twice in the leg during his commute home as international watchdogs hound the Taliban to protect the rights and lives of media men and women in the country.

India’s top anti-smuggling agency reportedly impounded nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan with a street value of around 200 billion rupees (US$2.72 billion) following last month's chaotic Taliban takeover of the country. 

More than a month since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, residents trapped in the wrecked country fear the Sunni Pashtun insurgents could “brainwash” locals under 18 years of age to turn them into suicide bombers and ambushers. 

After the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan's LGBTQ community members are living in fear, and are asking human rights advocates to help them.

As the Taliban enjoys Afghanistan by riding pedal boats across the lake of Band-e Amir National Park, women's rights across the country are being curtailed.

A female Afghan prosecutor, who is accusing Taliban fighters of coercing vulnerable minors to plant bombs on Afghan streets and vehicles, has revealed she's counting her last remaining days after the insurgents threatened her an ultimatum letter for her work.

A former U.S. Army officer volunteering to rescue at-risk American and Afghan allies left behind in the war-torn country claimed that the extremists beheaded two boys, ages 9 and 10, in front of their Christian family as the Taliban persecute those acting against Islam.

An Afghan sniper, who served with the British special forces in Afghanistan during the 20-year foreign invasion, was reportedly tracked down and mercilessly executed by Taliban fighters in front of his family on Monday.

A 9/11 memorial in South Carolina has been vandalized on the evening of Sept. 11 with the word "Taliban" written over it twice in an act of vandalism.

Taliban fighters have been accused of hunting an Afghan mother down and brutally murdering her in front of her family two days after she rallied and demanded better rights in the now Taliban-controlled country.

The Taliban has announced the reinstatement of its Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, declaring the return of amputations, public stonings, and the executions of criminals who commit “major sins of Islam.”

The Taliban have been accused of decapitating an Afghan soldier and celebrating while holding a victim's severed head.

China has come out swinging, mocking the United States’ messy withdrawal from Afghanistan by sharing footage that reveals Taliban fighters have turned abandoned U.S. military planes into toys and swings.

Hell-bent elite Taliban death squads have reportedly hunted down and mercilessly murdered at least four Afghan counterterrorism agents since Aug. 22. At least one victim was tortured and had all his fingernails pulled out before he was shot and killed. 

The Taliban has been accused of torturing two local journalists as many fear that freedom of the press in Afghanistan will not be upheld by the new government.

Empowered Afghan women flocked to the streets of Kabul, slamming the Taliban over its newly announced interim government after female officials missed out on any position to lead Afghanistan despite previous promises to create an inclusive administration.

The Taliban revealed its appointed leaders for its interim government, a list that included some ex-detainees that raises questions on whether other countries would be helping the torn country.

A convicted rapist was among the tens of thousands of Afghan nationals who successfully fled Kabul in an Ethiopian Airlines evacuation flight carried out by the U.S. and its allies.

Hundreds of Americans continue to remain trapped in Afghanistan where the Taliban are looking for people with blue passports.

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, students have begun returning to the universities for the first time since the fall of its national government, with females now separated from their male peers by curtains or boards in every classroom. 

Seasoned actress Angelina Jolie has finally broken her silence, voicing out her frustrations with ex-husband Brad Pitt for signing contracts with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein despite Jolie's claims that the man had sexually assaulted her when she was 21 years old.

A women's rights protest in Kabul, Afghanistan turned bloody as four men harassed the protestors and forced journalists to the ground at gunpoint.

Taliban militants in Afghanistan are accused of assaulting and murdering a pregnant cop in front of her husband and children during a door-to-door execution on Saturday in Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province, reports claim. 

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be one of the new leaders from the Taliban in the new Afghan government who will try to avert an economic collapse.

An ongoing international effort to rescue the members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team out of Kabul suffered a crushing blow following last week's suicide bombing at the city's international airport, which killed 169 Afghans and thirteen U.S. service members.

As fears grow within Afghanistan over the treatment of women in the country, many have taken to the streets to demand women's rights be upheld by the new government.

An unnamed British family is currently stuck in Afghanistan after they were forcibly evicted from a plane during the evacuation process.

It is unclear how long the Panjshir valley can hold its defenses as the Taliban may attack at any time using US armaments they have seized in the recent weeks.