Taliban

In Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities say women seeking to travel long distances should not be allowed on road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance issued on Sunday by the Ministry...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said on Saturday that they will resume issuing passports in Kabul, providing optimism to citizens who feel threatened by the Islamists’ authority. Thousands of Afghans have also sought for fresh travel documents...

According to the Pakistan Taliban, a prominent leader escaped unharmed from a suspected drone strike on a safe house in eastern Afghanistan. The strike came a week after a ceasefire between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and...

Pakistan and local Taliban insurgents have agreed to a “complete truce” following talks sponsored by the Taliban administration in neighboring Afghanistan, according to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. The Pakistani Taliban seek to overthrow the government and...

The Taliban met with a joint US-EU team in Qatar for the first time Tuesday, as Brussels committed one billion euros ($1.2 billion) in funding for Afghanistan. The message to the Taliban was the same at...

The Afghan Taliban announced on Saturday that a high-level delegation of its government met with a U.S. delegation in the Qatari capital Doha, marking the first such gathering since the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in...

Afghan student Fauzia used to earn ends meet voicing advertising on a radio station in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, but that came to an abrupt halt when the Islamists surged to power in August. Their...

The Taliban asked international airlines Sunday to restart flights to Kabul, saying all technical concerns at the country’s main airport have been overcome. Facilities at Kabul airport were seriously damaged in the chaotic evacuation of more...

Local media said that a bomb targeted a pickup truck carrying Taliban fighters in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, a day after at least two people were killed in a succession of explosives in...

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban co-founder and now Afghanistan’s deputy prime minister has been named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” for 2021, despite the news of his rumoured death. According to veteran journalist...