When French television reporter Hervé Ghesquierè and cameraman Stéphane Taponier were released by the Taliban in Afghanistan yesterday after a year and a half in captivity, nobody knew much about ...

Taliban's first conquest of Afghanistan came in 1996 when, as a military movement, Taliban stormed Kabul, the capital. The conquest resulted in the first Taliban rule of Afghanistan which lasted for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban rulers divert international aid by force and other means, block minority communities from receiving aid and may collude with U.N. officials to seek ...

A number of Afghan cultural figures and filmmakers consider the destruction of the historic Ariana Cinema by the Taliban ...

Ali Gul Haidari was a platoon sergeant in one of the Afghan Army’s most elite commando units partnering with U.S. Army Special Forces troops for missions to retake district centers from the Taliban in ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 27 (Reuters) - The Taliban said on Sunday it had freed three Afghan humanitarian workers kidnapped last month along with two French aid workers who were previously released.

As it elevates its relationship with India, Afghanistan’s Taliban government is striking a delicate balance in the region. By Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi India and the Taliban government in ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced that a ceasefire with neighboring Pakistan would go into effect Wednesday, after a second eruption of cross-border violence in less than a week that has left ...