Hailing from the spiritual Taliban heartland of Kandahar, Akhund served as governor of the key province during the group’s brutal first rei...

Mullah Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body - Rehbari Shura or leadership council - which serves much lik...

Here are some details of individuals named by sources as being senior members of the new administration. Their exact roles have yet to be c...

Baradar, who heads the Taliban's political office in Doha, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mul...

Prominent Taliban members, who are against women rights and are extremists, were hunted down for 20 years by world best intelligence agenci...

Hibatullah Akhundzada -- the so-called commander of the faithful -- has shepherded the Taliban as its chief since 2016 when snatched from r...

The Taliban's rapid sweep comes in the light of US withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan ending its two-decade long war on terror.

The visit will take place amid reports of hectic efforts to restart talks with the militants who have been involved in bloody battles with ...

A local security official confirmed the Tuesday night incident and said Mansoor was shifted to an undisclosed location in Pakistan.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his government is trying to revive stalled peace talks between the representatives of Afghan gov...

Manan confirmed to The Associated Press that he and Yaqoub are now pledging their allegiance to Mansour; the pair, along with several other...

An influential Pakistani cleric known as the "Father of the Taliban" has endorsed the nomination of Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the group's su...

Afghanistan's Haqqani network militant group posted a statement Sunday backing the appointment of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour whos...

The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, following reports that Mullah Omar is dead.

Pakistani authorities today dismissed a claim by the governor of Afghanistan's Kunduz province that a close aide of top Taliban commander M...

Pakistan army is in contact with Afghan Taliban heads, including Mullah Omar.

Washington dismissed an assertion by fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar that the United States has been "defeated" in Afghanistan.