Engaging directly with the Taliban may be the only way to protect Americans from the jihadist threat that stirs once again in ...

Akhundzada, who has led the Taliban since 2016 and is now Afghanistan’s de-facto leader, is at odds with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister, Mullah Yaqoob, the defence minister ...

Pakistan's long-held assertion that the Afghan Taliban continue to provide support to the banned TTP has now been validated by a recent United Nations report. Despite Islamabad's repeated ...

A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday, in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region. The Afghan delegation left Kabul on Saturday, in a visit that ...

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there was optimism that the Taliban 2.0 would be different from their first term. When the Taliban government was overthrown by ...

After two decades of war against the United States and its allies, the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in August 2021, and since then, the Taliban have made drastic changes to the country's ...

The Taliban is facing an internal revolt over women’s rights that has become public and could lead to a full-blown conflict ...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders on ...

Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief ... and ongoing persecution by the Taliban. "Our action signals that the status ...

India’s trade equation with Afghanistan has witnessed a shift after the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, with imports touching a record $642.29 million in 2023-24 and exports slumping to a 16 ...