A former commander in the Taliban has pleaded guilty to taking an American journalist and two Afghan nationals hostage in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, the US Justice Department said on ...

Maria Abi-Habib was a roving Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, focused on terrorism issues and jihadist groups such as al Qaeda and Islamic State. She had been based in Beirut and ...

Pakistan did reach out to Kabul in an ostensible reset of its fracturing ties with its erstwhile proteges, the Afghan Taliban. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visited Afghanistan ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in ...

Afghanistan's prime minister condemned on Saturday the "unilateral measures" taken by Pakistan to forcibly deport tens of ...

Pakistan's foreign minister arrived Saturday in Afghanistan to meet Taliban officials after his country expelled more than 85 ...

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation ... Originally published on ...

First Sgt. Adam Jackson says he was first inspired to join the military after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A local resident with over 20 years of service, he was awarded a purple heart in February for ...

Four men were yesterday publicly executed in Afghanistan, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban’s return to power. The executions in ...

In a stark display of authority, the Taliban publicly executed two men in Badghis province, citing Islamic law. Mohammad Wali and Mohammad Anwar were convicted of separate murder cases ...

A British couple detained in Afghanistan for unclear reasons are being investigated over a "small matter", a government spokesman has said, and will soon face a court's judgment based on Islamic law.

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be ...