Tag: Taliban

“If America can negotiate with the Afghan Taliban, Pakistan and Afghanistan should also negotiate with the Taliban.”

A peach-fuzzed teenager clad in camouflage fatigues, Mohammad Jawad could be mistaken for a boy scout — but he commands one of hundreds of...

A year on from the launch of a major offensive to eradicate strongholds of Taliban and other militants in North Waziristan tribal area, the military says the job is 90 per cent done.

Islamic State militants have executed three fighters accused of defecting to the Taliban as a brutal turf war escalates between the rival organisations in...

The Taliban on Tuesday warned the leader of the self-styled Islamic State group against waging a parallel insurgency in Afghanistan, after a string of...

Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans...

Drones targeted a house in Shawal's Zoya Saidgai area, which is said to be a hideout of the Afghan Taliban

Pamphlets and posters warning of attacks by the Taliban on telecoms, petrol pumps, cable operators and bootleggers have surfaced in Indian Kashmir’s Sopore area,...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded tough action from Pakistan against Afghan Taliban militants in a letter seeking greater anti-terrorism cooperation, after facing strong public...

Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital overnight and...

Also on Monday, a suicide truck bomb attack and a separate roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan killed 11 people and wounded dozens more

Militant group says people from ‘invading countries’ do not count as civilians

Kunduz governor says IS fighters are ‘supporting the Taliban, training the Taliban, trying to build the capacity of the Taliban for a bigger fight’ Foreign...

Meeting participants in Al-Khor emerged smiling but progress unclear as they refused to talk to reporters Pakistan supports talks between Afghan govt and Taliban in...

Taliban spokesperson confirms an eight-strong Taliban delegation would attend the event An Afghan delegation left for Qatar on Saturday where they will hold two days...

DSP Fateh Sangi, two policemen killed in gun attack in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area during routine patrol Taliban spokesman Khuransani claims responsibility for attack At least three policemen,...

Hundreds of foreign extremists are fleeing a months-long Pakistani military offensive and seeking sanctuary in Afghanistan, bolstering the ranks of Taliban factions and triggering...