Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans in AfghanistanIn recent months, the group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has appeared to take a stronger hand in directing policy. In particula...
16 Feb, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Taliban claim they were unaware of al-Qaeda leader in AfghanistanThe killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the West...
04 Aug, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
Taliban's secretive Haqqani Network leader finally shows his faceInterior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also heads the feared Haqqani Network, has previously only been photographed clearly from behind ...
05 Mar, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Anti-India Haqqanis ask China to take lead in recognising TalibanThe Taliban has reached out to China to take lead in getting international recognition for their government in Afghanistan, to help tide ov...
19 Jan, 2022, 08.04 AM IST
Infighting breaks out within Taliban; co-founder Mullah Baradar hurt in clash with HaqqaniReports suggest that internal strife within the Taliban is escalating, with factions - like the Haqqanis - unhappy with Hibatullah Akhundza...
06 Sep, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
All eyes on UN sanctions panel’s moves on Taliban’s top leadersThey include Abdul Ghani Baradar, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Md Salim Haqqani, Nasiruddin Haqqani of the Haqqani Network and 1...
22 Aug, 2021, 07.35 AM IST
The Haqqani network: Afghanistan's most feared militantsThe Haqqanis have been blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in recent years, claiming the lives of civilians, government officials and ...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
Former Afghan president Karzai meets Taliban faction chief: Group officialKarzai was accompanied by the old government's main peace envoy, Abdullah Abdullah, in the meeting, said the Taliban official, who declined...
18 Aug, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
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...
08 Sep, 2020, 09.17 PM IST
Afghan Taliban announces death of Jalaluddin HaqqaniHaqqani belonged to Afghanistan's Paktika province, bordering Pakistan, and rose to prominence during the Afghan war against Soviet forces ...
04 Sep, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
Taliban, Haqqani network retain safe havens in Pakistan: Pentagon"The US continues to be clear with Pak about steps it should take to improve the security environment and deny safe havens to terrorist and...
17 Dec, 2016, 02.30 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Potential rise of Islamic State in Afghanistan makes Taliban nervousThat reality should be useful to the US government as it tries to negotiate a transition deal with the Afghan government and the Taliban.
04 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Haqqani leaders detained in Gulf, not in Afghanistan: ReportTaliban said that Haqqani & Rashid were arrested on Oct 12 in Bahrain by US forces, & taken to Qatar & UAE before reaching Kabul, said the ...
20 Oct, 2014, 02.30 PM IST
Afghanistan dangers: As western forces leave, the UN should move inIt seems the Afghan security forces were able to tackle the attackers without much help by international forces.
17 Apr, 2012, 08.45 AM IST
- Pakistan asks for pivotal role in settling Afghan war
In a development that set alarm bells ringing here, Pakistan has offered to mediate with the Taliban factions and has told the US that it i...
11 Feb, 2010, 06.21 AM IST
- ISI maintains link with militant commanders: Musharraf
Musharraf conceded ISI has link with militants like Sirajuddin Haqqani.
08 Jun, 2009, 10.00 PM IST