Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones to use its airspaceActing Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul that American drones have been entering Afgh...
29 Aug, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
Afghan Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abusesThe message from one of the Taliban's most senior ministers underlines the problems Afghanistan's new rulers have sometimes had in controll...
24 Sep, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
India-led UNSC Committee nixes Chinese proposal to grant 180-day travel exemption to Taliban leadersChina made the 180-day extension proposal to the India-headed committee and insisted on its adoption, but other members wanted Taliban unde...
23 Sep, 2021, 07.33 AM IST
Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan postsMain Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defence minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named depu...
21 Sep, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
New Taliban government begins work as protests growAs they transition from militant force to governing power, the Taliban are already facing opposition to their rule, with scattered protests...
08 Sep, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
View: What the new Taliban Government in Afghanistan signifiesThe road ahead is not easy. In the current situation, Afghanistan is slowly becoming a country where there is no food, but guns are in abun...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
UN-blacklisted Akhund to head Afghanistan govtHailing from the spiritual Taliban heartland of Kandahar, Akhund served as governor of the key province during the group’s brutal first rei...
08 Sep, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
Mullah Hasan to head proposed Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar to serve as his deputy: ReportMullah Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body - Rehbari Shura or leadership council - which serves much lik...
07 Sep, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
Afghanistan: Taliban, opposition vie to control Panjshir; Pakistan spy chief flies to KabulA Taliban source said fighting was continuing in Panjshir but the advance had been slowed by landmines placed on the road to the capital Ba...
04 Sep, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
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...
03 Sep, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan govt, says local mediaBaradar, who heads the Taliban's political office in Doha, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mul...
03 Sep, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Once wanted terrorists, now Taliban are prominent members of 2021Prominent Taliban members, who are against women rights and are extremists, were hunted down for 20 years by world best intelligence agenci...
28 Aug, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
Who will play the whisperer for Taliban once the US troops leave Afghanistan: Pakistan or Qatar?Most Afghans — as well as foreign governments, aid agencies, donors and investors — will be rooting for Doha over Islamabad. Memories of ho...
26 Aug, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
The Taliban’s leaders: Worldly and ‘inclusive’ or ruthless ideologues?These are the top leaders of the Taliban, men who have spent years on the run, in hiding, in jail and dodging U.S. drones. They are emergin...
18 Aug, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by forceZalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, to tell the group that there was ...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
In a significant shift, Taliban makes big changes ahead of expected talks with KabulAs head of a newly united military wing, 30-year-old Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, brings his father's fiercely uncompromising reputation to the ...
17 Jul, 2020, 06.15 PM IST