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Iran begins six-day funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali KhameneiIran is commencing extensive six-day funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28. Authorities anticip...
Taliban inks maiden defence pact with Russia as Kabul seeks muscleThe pact was signed following a meeting between Taliban defence minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob and Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's S...
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranksKey figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as those excluding...
Taliban bans university education for Afghan girlsDespite promising a softer rule when they seized power last year, the Taliban have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women's live...
Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan: NSAs to discuss spread of terror, radical ideology from Afghan soilThe dialogue that could lead to a gradual evolution of security architecture will be an opportunity to brainstorm on the prevailing situati...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Afghan collapse, US rout, Pak gainIndia has to guard against both Afghanistan being turned into a fertile recruiting ground for non-state actors to be deployed in India and ...
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani betrayed his country, says former MP Jamil KarzaiTalking to ANI, Jamil Karzai, second cousin to former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said, "Kabul was occupied by the Taliban. I think there...
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...
At least 24 Afghan security forces killed in insider attack: OfficialsSeveral "infiltrators" opened fire on their comrades as they slept, Zabul governor Rahmatullah Yarmal said, in one of the deadliest attacks...
ISI made Haqqani Taliban's No. 2 to protect him from US: Report"The shift is also raising tensions with the Pakistani military, which American and Afghan officials accuse of sheltering the Haqqanis as a...
Taliban dissidents launch parallel council amid rift: Media reportTaliban leaders opposed to Mullah Mansour's nomination as the group's supremo have launched a parallel council, according to a media report.
Afghan Taliban to re-elect new leader?The Afghan Taliban's Supreme Council was not consulted over the election of the new leader following the death of its founder Mullah Omar.
'Former Pak Taliban head among 50 killed in military operations'Bhittani served as the acting TTP chief after the killing of Hakeemullah Mehsud and also headed the Taliban supreme shura (decision-making ...
- Mullah Omar may be willing to hold peace talks, says Sunday Times
Afghan Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has indicated that he and his followers may be willing to hold “sincere and honest” ta...
- Pak bans three militant outfits in Khyber Agency
Pakistan has banned three militant groups in the restive Khyber Agency where security forces have launched a crackdown.