Agha Jan, a close associate of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, served as finance minister in the group’s first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. United States President Donald Trump has demanded that Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban hand the country’s Bagram airbase over to ...

Residents of Kabul's District 6 were awakened abruptly on Thursday night by the sound of an explosion that shook their homes. They rushed out in the street and heard jets flying overhead. It was a ...

Taliban fighters stand guard on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ...

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have completed their sweep of Afghanistan's southern region. On Friday, they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually ...

DUBAI — Afghanistan's ruling Taliban released another U.S. citizen from custody on Sunday after a visit by Washington's hostage envoy Adam Boehler, the U.S. government said. Amir Amiri, who had been ...

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The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict ...