The leadership and decision-makers of the Taliban originate from a remote and underprivileged tribal background in ...

FILE - Afghan school girls attend their classroom on the first day of the new school year, in Kabul, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) 32,420 people played the daily ...

KHYBER: Proscribed militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) has imposed a ‘ban’ on shaving beards along with refraining the barbers from ‘stylish’ beard cuts in some parts of Tirah valley.

A US citizen who the Taliban held for more than two years was released yesterday after weeks of negotiations led by Qatari and US mediators. George Glezmann, 66, a Delta Airlines mechanic ...

The Taliban kidnapped George Glezmann, 65, while he was visiting Afghanistan. They freed him following negotiations brokered by Trump's special hostage envoy Adam Boehler, Taliban officials and ...

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio issued a statement on Thursday, informing the release of George Glezmann from the Taliban after being abducted in Afghanistan over two years ago. Listen to Story ...

George Glezmann, an American held captive by the Taliban for over two years, has been released without a prisoner swap, facilitated by Qatari negotiators and the Trump administration. Glezmann's ...

A Georgia man held by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since December 2022 was on his way back to the US Thursday after Trump administration negotiators secured his freedom, a diplomatic source told ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Glezmann, center, poses with ...

Taylor Beard, of Juneau, was among the group ... but told families during a call in January that the Taliban would have to release Afghan-American businessman Mahmood Habibi.

Taylor Beard, of Juneau, was among the group ... but told families during a call in January that the Taliban would have to release Afghan-American businessman Mahmood Habibi. U.S. officials believe ...

A source with the knowledge of the situation said that negotiations had been going on for weeks and that a breakthrough was made by Qatar during a recent meeting with the Taliban. US hostage envoy ...