PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces in Pakistan acting on intelligence raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's northwest on Friday, triggering ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials said senior Afghan Taliban officials were in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo's efforts to ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided well-known women's radio station Radio Begum on Tuesday, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, calling for the speedy release of its staff. The ...

A Taliban fighter opened fire at the United Nations compound in Kabul, slightly injuring a security guard, and was later found dead, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Monday. The gunman shot at ...

But the return of the puritanical Taliban to power in Afghanistan put an end to their dreams and sent them fleeing into exile amid death threats, with the new rulers condemning the "Western" practice.

The Pakistani Taliban are the most active group in the area. Polio can easily be prevented by the oral administration of a few drops of vaccine, but scores of vaccination workers and their escorts ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral ...

INDIA has recently decided to upgrade its relations with the Taliban government. On Jan 8, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri travelled to Dubai to meet the Afghan interim government’s ...

These concerns have intensified since the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban in August 2021. The financial assistance that was provided by foreign agencies and groups under the U.N. is being ...

Taliban envoy Suhail Shaheen warned US secretary of state Marco Rubio against making threats after Rubio suggested placing bounties on Taliban leaders for detaining Americans. This follows a ...

Secretary of State Rubio is threatening Taliban leaders with a “very big” bounty after he heard that there are more Americans being held in Afghanistan than previously known. Mr. Rubio said in a post ...