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Pakistan says carried out air strikes at terror hideouts in Afghanistan, 26 killedPakistan conducted "precise and calibrated" overnight air strikes targeting alleged terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, claiming to have kil...
Afghan officials say Pakistani strikes killed 7, wounded 85 in first attacks since peace talksMortars and missiles from Pakistan struck a university and homes in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, killing seven and wounding 85. Pakistan d...
Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return homeAfghanistan's foreign ministry states Afghans who assisted the US war effort and are in Qatar can return home safely. This comes as reports...
Taliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, where Isl...
Bomb targets mosque in Kabul, 'a number of civilians' deadThe bomb targeted the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says he lived in Kabul right under nose of his adversariesMujahid, who operated in the shadows for years, also admitted that he studied at the Haqqania seminary in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan, w...
Taliban and Afghan rebels claim heavy casualties in fighting over valleyUnder the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, son of a former Mujahideen commander, they have been holding out in the province, a steep valley tha...
Taliban: No extensions for US evacuations in AfghanistanTaliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says his group will accept "no extensions" to the deadline. He says life is returning to normal in the...
Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
US hits Taliban with air strike: Military spokesmanNews of the airstrike in southern Helmand province -- the first in 11 days -- came hours after US President Donald Trump told reporters he ...
Trump speaks to Taliban leader as prisoner feud threatens Afghan peace planU.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with chief Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund on Tuesday. In a statement on the Trump-...
US, Taliban say they will sign agreement on Feb 29 following violence cut pact"Following lengthy negotiations between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the United States of America, both parties agreed to sign th...
Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead?Elusive one-eyed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar has died, according to a media report today.
Senior IS leader among 24 terrorists killed in US drone attackA senior leader of Islamic State (IS) militant group and former Taliban spokesman was among 24 terrorists killed today in a US drone attack.
Taliban spokesman vanishes from Twitter after issuing threatsOfficial sources said Twitter was approached by central security agencies for information about the account that was used to issue the thre...
Pakistan Taliban fires its spokesman over allegiance to IS chiefTaliban spokesman last week said that he along with five other Taliban commanders have accepted the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- 'US cannot hold talks with Taliban on behalf of Afghan government'
President Hamid Karzai today said that the US cannot hold talks with Taliban on behalf of the Afghan government.
- Taliban warn Pak media against 'ignoring' their viewpoint
The Taliban have warned the Pakistani media for "the last time" against "ignoring" the group's viewpoint and claimed that newspapers and te...
- 13 killed Pak's North West Frontier Province
Ten militants and three security personnel were killed today in clashes between Pakistani troops and the local Taliban in the North West Fr...
- US dismisses Taliban assertion of 'defeat' in Afghanistan
Washington dismissed an assertion by fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar that the United States has been "defeated" in Afghanistan.