When the Taliban first formed in 1994, the insurgent group was made up of “mujahideen” — Afghan resistance fighters who fought the Soviets when they invaded in the late 1980s. 5.

Two Afghan insurgent groups, made up mainly of former government and military officials, claim to have killed at least 50 Taliban officials and soldiers during November.

Ms. Jackson is the author of “Negotiating Survival: Civilian-Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan.” Currently based in Oslo, she lived in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012 and from 2017 to 2019. For ...

Taliban fighters reportedly fired into a crowd and beat protesters in cities throughout Afghanistan on Wednesday, just days after the insurgent group took control of the country. Al Jazeera ...

Afghans whose personal information was mistakenly exposed by the Ministry of Defence to get up to £4,000 each.

A report by a U.S. Army Colonel involved in the AI operation in Afghanistan dubbed Raven Sentry was developed to help forces predict future attacks by the Taliban during the drawdown.

FIRST ON FOX: The Taliban on Thursday released American hostage George Glezmann after holding him for more than two years in Afghanistan following negotiations between the Trump administration and ...

Afghan insurgent group leader Ahmad Massoud on Friday urged the diaspora to unite to find a political solution to end Taliban rule, describing his appeal as the beginning of a new phase.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, but authorities suspect the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has carried out similar attacks in the ...

Taliban denies involvement in U.S. citizen's disappearance in Kabul, despite $5 million reward for information.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities today denied involvement in the disappearance of a US citizen in Kabul, after Washington ...