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Taliban members guarding the airport now are virtually indistinguishable from the U.S. troops who had guarded it up until Monday, ...

Twenty years after they were chased out of Kabul by a furious America in 2001, the Taliban have returned to ...

Facebook considers the Taliban to be a terrorist organisation.

The council is meeting for the second time in over a week to discuss events in that country.

This came a day after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital and declared that the war was over and peace ...

“Over the next 48 hours, we will have expanded our security presence to nearly 6,000 troops, with a mission focused ...

The explosion occurred in a Shiite neighbourhood as people gathered to celebrate a wedding in Kabul.

The shooting has drawn widespread condemnation.

The Taliban also demanded a complete withdrawal of foreign forces as the only solution to end the 17-year-old war.

A total of 75 others were wounded in the twin bombing.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Violence in Pakistan has ebbed since the military began major operations against militants.

Mahmoodi was forcibly returned to Afghanistan after spending eight years in Germany.

The attack occurred at Imam Zaman mosque in the western Dasht-e-Barchi part of Kabul.

Afghan president says the Taliban would not bring down his government.

A car bomb near the German embassy caused the explosion, an official said.

Police say seven civilians and three attackers were among those killed.

Most of the protesters were Hazaras, a Shiite minority from central Afghanistan.

Last Tuesday, the Taliban announced the start of spring attack codenamed “Operation Omari”.

The case sparked national outrage

Mr. Manapal said tribal elders had started negotiating their release with the Taliban. ----------------------------------------------- Dawa-Khan Minapal, the spokesperson for Afghanistan ...

The attack was carried out on Thursday afternoon