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Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airportsHowever, the deal left more questions than answers, particularly as Qatar had been in line to run the airports, though the deal apparently ...
Russia expresses desire to mediate between the Taliban and National Resistance FrontRussian Special Representative on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov on Tuesday said that Moscow is now ready to receive delegates from Afghanistan ...
Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifiesBaradar served as the chief negotiator during talks between the Taliban and the United States that paved the way for the US troop withdrawa...
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 ...
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...
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...
Pakistan will 'assist' Taliban to form inclusive admin in Afghanistan: Gen Bajwa to UK's Dominic RaabGen. Bajwa's remarks came as Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, amidst the ...
Taliban again postpone Afghan govt formation announcementThe insurgent group was expected to announce on Saturday the formation of the new government in Kabul, likely to be led by the outfit's co-...
Afghan government formation by Taliban postponed; to be announced on September 4More than two weeks after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the hardline Islamists are all set to announce the formation of a new governme...
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...
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...
China, Taliban hold their first dialogue in KabulThe Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-d...
View: Why is Taliban so important to Middle East regimes?Saudi Arabia had been, with the UAE and Pakistan, one of the three countries that had recognised the Taliban government in 1990s so that wa...
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...
Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in DohaForeign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met the head of the Taliban's political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, to follow up...
Iran, Taliban officials say US pushing war in AfghanistanAli Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told visiting Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar that...
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad meets new Taliban chief negotiator as Afghan peace talks nearThe Afghan negotiators had been expected to fly from Kabul to Doha this week, but are awaiting a signal from the Afghan government that the...
Taliban hold talks with US envoy in QatarThe talks are aimed at renewing the Afghan peace process and eventually winding down America's longest war.
- ISI asks Taliban not to flirt with Karzai, US & Indians
The ISI has warned the Taliban, its “strategic asset” in Afghanistan, not to open negotiations with the Hamid Karzai regime or the US witho...
- Pak denies arrest of close aide of top Taliban commander
Pakistani authorities today dismissed a claim by the governor of Afghanistan's Kunduz province that a close aide of top Taliban commander M...