Afghan Taliban

The Afghan Taliban continue to provide Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with logistical and operational space and financial support, leading to a rise in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, according to a report…

A suicide bomber killed five people including Taliban security forces on Tuesday in an explosion outside a bank in northern Afghanistan, police said. Seven people were also wounded in the…

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Friday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its leaders was “politically motivated”. It comes a day after the ICC chief…

The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar. Discussions…

The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay with alleged ties to former al…

Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan had carried out an intelligence-based operation in Afghanistan based on “threats to Pakistani citizens’ security”. The FO spokesperson’s statement — the first…

Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday, raising fears of further straining relations between the two neighbors. Hamdullah Fitrat,…

The Afghan Taliban government has held talks with India on improving bilateral ties and seeking increased humanitarian assistance for the impoverished country. Jitender Pal Singh, the Indian foreign ministry’s point-person…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Afghan Taliban from a list of terrorist organizations had been “taken at the highest level”. The decision needs…

At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations’ cultural agency said Thursday. UNESCO…