Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming ...

The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...

The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation ...

The recent developments in Syria represent a new form of political change, the characteristics of which we will better ...

The deal was struck for Khan Mohammad, a member of the Taliban serving two life sentences in a U.S. prison on ...

Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced ... Qatar’s lead negotiator, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi, confirmed the Gulf state’s mediation in the exchange, with ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed ... Muhammad Rahim al Afghani, who has never ...

Energy-rich Qatar has hosted negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban over the years. Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari declined to discuss the swap in detail with ...

KABUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has ...