With many care centers shuttered and supplies dwindling, many pregnant women in rural Afghanistan fear they or their babies won’t survive delivery.

The Taliban are starting their fifth year of ruling Afghanistan. They have silenced internal dissent, tightened their control over Afghan life, secured recognition from Russia as the country's official government,

I was treated like a queen’; ‘it’s beautiful’… This is how influencers from Western countries are describing Afghanistan. In recent times, a growing number of social-media personalities from countries such as the US,

Four years after the Taliban took power, influencers are traveling to Afghanistan in droves. CNN’s Isobel Yeung met up in Kabul with Keith Siegel, who’s driving his car around the world.

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after more than two decades of a costly war. Four years have now passed.

Mining, Belt and Road participation feature in trilateral meetings between China, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kabul.

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In the four years since the Taliban took control of Kabul, millions of Afghans who initially fled have now been expelled from Iran and Pakistan.

Travel influencers from the US, Europe, and Australia are flocking to the country, often portraying it as safe and welcoming. Afghan women themselves say influencers are helping the Taliban whitewash oppression.

In Afghanistan, strict Taliban regulations and deeply-rooted patriarchal traditions make it nearly impossible for women to live independently. Women are legally and socially required to have a male guardian for travel, work, or even accessing many services, and most economic opportunities are closed to them.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Afghanistan for the first time in three years to attend trilateral talks with Pakistan and the Taliban, focusing on counterterrorism and extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Kabul.