Taliban

New Delhi:  The Taliban on Friday captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city, delivering a crushing blow for the government in Kabul and a major win for the militants. The city was once the Taliban's stronghold, and is…

Kabul:  Taliban militants on Friday claimed to have taken control over the key southern Afghan cities of Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, after weeks of heavy clashes between the militant group and government forces. Taliban spokesman…

Kabul:  The Afghan government has offered the Taliban a share in power so long as the rising violence in the country comes to a halt, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, citing a government source. The proposal was delivered through Qatar,…

New Delhi: US intelligence officials believe that the Taliban can topple the Afghan capital Kabul, sooner than they expected previously. The officials on the condition of anonymity told The Washington Post that they had predicted the…

New Delhi:  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced the countrys army chief and flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, trying to organise its defenses and halt the Talibans rapid offensive, a media report said. The fired…

New Delhi:  The Taliban have toppled the 217th Pamir Army corps situated in the airport of Afghanistan's Kunduz province for the first time in the past two decades. The fighters in broadcasted video claim to have taken a chopper of…

Kabul: Afghanistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ghulam Mohammad Ishaqzai, has urged the UN to declare the Taliban a "destructive" group and take urgent action against them. The newly-appointed ambassador of…