A former Chief of Staff to the Afghan president on the Taliban leadership's connections to jihadist groups, and divisions inside the Taliban.

When the Taliban government was overthrown by the US-led coalition after the 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan was known as a hub of different transnational terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda.

Ultimately, effective counterterrorism hinges on establishing communication with Taliban clerics. The United States lacks this, leaving Washington blind to the group’s internal power structure ...

A high-level delegation from the Taliban government in Afghanistan is expected to visit Japan in the first diplomatic trip of its kind.

Arrest warrant issued for deputy foreign minister as figures in Afghanistan government criticise supreme leader’s stance on girls’ education The Taliban is facing an internal revolt over women ...

A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday, in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region. The Afghan delegation left Kabul on Saturday, in a visit that ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a Taliban government ministry in Afghanistan which killed one person and ...

TIRANA, Albania — They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and translators during America's longest war. They were set to ...

(Scripps News) TIRANA, Albania — They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and translators during America's longest war.

Touting the return of security, the Taliban government is rushing to court local and foreign investors to exploit the country's underground wealth and secure a crucial revenue stream -- though ...

July 29, 2015 – An Afghan government spokesman says in a news release that Taliban leader Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan, citing “credible information.” A spokesman for Afghanistan’s ...