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Indian official meets Afghan defence minister, offers use of Chabahar Port to enhance tradeAn Indian delegation met with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, offering access to ...
The Taliban are celebrating 3 years in power, but they're not talking about AfghansThe Taliban marked the third anniversary of their return to power with a grand celebration at the former U.S. air base in Bagram, highlight...
View: Uncanny link to Pakistan violence & its action against AfghansPakistan had believed that all its woes on the internal security front would be over once its “proxies” took control of Afghanistan after t...
Pakistan and Taliban: Did US use Pakistan airspace to kill Al Qaeda leader? India's concernsAfter the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, Al-Zawahiri emerged as the second most popular leader of the terrorist o...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Who’s who in Taliban leadershipThe Taliban’s senior officials were gathering in the Afghan capital on Saturday for talks with elders and politicians on forming a governme...
Who's who in the Taliban leadershipThe inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here i...
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 ...
Mullah Omar family members may decline top Taliban positionsThe Taliban last week launched a major operation in Zabul province of Afghanistan, killing several members of the new breakaway faction.