ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban’s closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped ...

A cross-border attack by Afghan forces was followed by Pakistani air strikes. Qatar had brokered a ceasefire in October.

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to fill jobs in the Gulf nation of Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan, and say talks are underway to send labor to Saudi Arabia, the United ...

The conflict escalated after Pakistan launched airstrikes against TTP militants it claims are hiding in Afghanistan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has called for greater counterterrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, including joint patrols along the narrow strip of land ...

The Afghan Taliban has claimed air and drone strikes on several Pakistani military bases. Pakistan has dismissed the attacks near Islamabad and Rawalpindi as rumors. Independent confirmation of the ...

The Pakistani attacks on early Friday came after Afghanistan launched an attack on Pakistani border forces. Both sides ...

Al Qaeda remains resilient - and is still under the decades-long protection of the Taliban - as the United Nations warns ...

Last week, as the Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid triumphantly declared 2025 “a year of diplomatic success,” the claim was received with predictable laud from the movement’s echo chambers. But ...

The Taliban’s Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada has told officials to stop using the words “acting,” “interim,” or “caretaker” in their titles. This might seem like a slight language change, but it ...

The reinstatement of slavery in Afghanistan removes all doubt that the Taliban intend to subject Afghanistan to a hideously regressive form of government. On January 4, 2026, the Taliban quietly ...