Local officials in southern Kandahar province have spoken of detention of 12 Taliban infiltrators in Afghan security forces ranks following criticism on government’s failure to refrain militants influence in the military. Provincial intelligence chief, Rahmatullah Atrafi said the detainees have placed[...]
A U.S. contractor from Illinois was kidnapped by Taliban-associated militants in Afghanistan last week, prompting a nationwide search involving the FBI and State Department, according to a report. Mark R. Frerichs, 55, of Lombard, Ill., was abducted last Friday in the[...]
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan''s (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was responsible for the terror attacks on Malala Yousafzai and the Peshawar Army school, has escaped from an Army jail in Pakistan. In an audio recording released on Thursday and shared via an online[...]
The Taliban have seized on the Monday crash of a U.S. surveillance plane as the latest rallying cry against the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, as attempts to revive peace talks are showing little signs of progress. “After 18 years, the war[...]
Al-Qaeda emphasized its unity with the Taliban in a 2019 video titled, “Under the Shade of the Islamic Emirate.” Al-Qaeda’s relations with the Taliban “continue to be close and mutually beneficial,” according to a newly released report authored by the UN[...]
At least 13 members of Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed when Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in the northern province of Kunduz, officials say. The militants launched the attack in Dasht-e Archi district overnight, Safiullah Amiri, a member of the provincial[...]
Taliban militants attacked a police base in northern Afghanistan, killing 11, possibly with help from at least one of the policemen inside, local government officials said on Tuesday. The insurgents first overran a checkpoint near the base late Monday and were[...]