Al-Shabaab through its proxies has been invading Government-controlled regions while looking forward into what would be a Taliban replica if foreign forces exit. At the end of 2024 the ATMIS ...

Mainstream media (here and here) and some bloggers are looking at a new question: why is US President Obama ignoring the Taliban’s latest offer of a “legal guarantee if the foreign forces withdraw ...

In a roughly 30-minute phone call Sunday afternoon, President Biden delivered difficult news to the families of three Americans held by the Taliban. He did not have a deal with the Taliban to free ...

Taliban presence, by district and tribal agency ... Map created by Bill Raymond for The Long War Journal. Last updated May 26, 2009. Shabaab/Islamist control of Southern Somalia. Click map to view.

Nobel Peace Prize laurate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders Sunday not to “legitimize” Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, accusing them of being the “perpetrators of gender apartheid” and ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – The outlawed armed group Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, has issued a warning to the Pakistani army, stating that it will continue targeting security personnel ...

A Taliban envoy on Monday cautioned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against escalating tensions with threats of bounties on Afghan leaders. The warning came after Rubio suggested the U.S ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges ...

If issued, the warrants would be the first international acknowledgment of the Taliban’s persecution of Afghan women. "These applications recognise that Afghan women and girls as well as the ...