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Social media restrictions and two-day internet shutdown rattle AfghanistanAfghanistan's Taliban government recently shut down internet and cellphone services nationwide. This move, impacting businesses and educati...
Is Afghanistan's most-wanted militant now its best hope for change?Sirajuddin Haqqani, a former feared Taliban leader, now seeks to be seen as a pragmatic statesman. He challenges the hard-line policies of ...
Taliban leader: Afghan soil won't be used to launch attacks"We assure our neighbours, the region and the world that we will not allow anyone to use our territory to threaten the security of other co...
Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in AfghanistanThe Taliban leadership today is different from the one-man rule of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the reclusive founder of the Taliban movement in t...
UN recorded 152 attacks by ISIL-K in 16 provinces between Aug-Dec '21, compared to 20 attacks a year ago: Secretary-GeneralThe United Nations has recorded over 150 attacks between August and December last year by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (IS...
Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearanceTaliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first ...
Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is deadSuhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, former head of the Taliban political office who was named deputy prim...
Killed, injured or keeping low-profile? Mystery over Mullah Baradar's whereaboutsAccording to various reports, Baradar is either dead, grievously injured or maintaining a low-profile. Which of these is actually true, no ...
The Taliban Are Telling Us They Haven’t Changed at AllThe Taliban seem to have calculated that the West’s wishful thinking and desire to move on from two decades of bloody conflict would be eno...
Key figures in Afghan Taliban's new governmentHere are some details of individuals named by sources as being senior members of the new administration. Their exact roles have yet to be c...
Al Qaeda sees Taliban's Afghan victory as model for jihadists elsewhere, talks of 'liberation' of KashmirAccording to a recent UN monitoring report, a significant part of the leadership of al-Qaida resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border...
Who’s who in Taliban leadershipThe Taliban’s senior officials were gathering in the Afghan capital on Saturday for talks with elders and politicians on forming a governme...
Who's who in the Taliban leadershipThe inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here i...
Underestimating Taliban and their Pakistani patrons biggest mistakeThe Biden administration seems to have actually believed Pakistan’s claims that it wanted a political solution, when it was clear the real ...
Taliban leader Ghani Baradar is 'undisputed victor' of war in Afghanistan: ReportWhile Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban's overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and its most public face. He was said to be on...
Taliban declare Eid holiday ceasefire as Afghan violence soarsThat followed Saturday's carnage outside a school in the capital Kabul when a series of bombs killed at least 50 people and wounded over 10...
Taliban leader not designated as terrorist is a mystery: India at UNTaliban had named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, a conservative cleric in his 50s, as its new leader after Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour ...
India demands sanctions against new Taliban leaderIndia wants UN to look into deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the means to contain it as it poses serious threats to the ...
Pakistan confirms death of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in US drone strikeMansour was targeted by drones operated by US special forces in Balochistan's Noshki district on May 21 when he headed towards Quetta in a ...
Haqqani network founder backs new Taliban leader: StatementAfghanistan's Haqqani network militant group posted a statement Sunday backing the appointment of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour whos...