Zabihullah Mujahid

NEW DELHI: Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud fought in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley on Thursday, more than two weeks after the Islamist militia seized power, as Taliban leaders in Kabul worked on forming a…

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban cheerfully started discharging their weapons in the air across Kabul as the final few American soldiers were about to leave the city’s airport, celebrating the Unites States’ exit as the defeat of a superpower that…

KABUL: The Taliban's top spokesman congratulated Afghans on their victory on Tuesday, hours after the last US troops left the country following 20 years of military intervention. "Congratulations to Afghanistan... this victory belongs…

PESHAWAR: The Taliban have said that they have been considering several models of governance, including an Islamic emirate, and would implement a form of government that would be acceptable to the Afghan nation. The insurgent group also…

US forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out before troops withdraw, a Western security official said on Sunday.…

KABUL: In the days since taking power in Afghanistan, a wide range of Taliban figures have entered Kabul -- hardened commandos, armed madrassa students and greying leaders back from years of exile. There has been one major exception --…

KABUL: For years the Taliban's top spokesman shunned the public eye, even as he amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online where he live-tweeted the insurgency. But days after the Taliban captured Kabul following the collapse of…

NEW YORK: Taliban fighters have taken over some UN compounds in Afghanistan, searching and ransacking offices and in one case demanding the guards provide meals for a commander and his men, according to an internal UN report seen by…

KABUL: Scores of journalists are among the tens of thousands of people trying to flee Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, fearful of violent reprisals from the militants. Despite their assurances, the Islamist group's return to…

ISLAMABAD: The fall of Kandahar — Afghanistan’s second-largest city and the former headquartersof the Taliban movement — in the south to the insurgents in the early hours of Friday was followed by the swift retreat of government forces…