A British couple who had been held in detention by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and have flown out of the country, an official with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Friday.

President Trump has announced efforts to regain control of Afghanistan's Bagram airbase, highlighting its strategic value in monitoring China.

A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic internet after the country’s leader imposed a complete ban on the technolo