KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan cleric has been arrested after allegedly raping a young schoolgirl in the country's north on the second day of the Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, Afghan security ...

Agha Jan, a close associate of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, served as finance minister in the group’s first government prior to the 9/11 attacks.

COLUMN. The Taliban has only been able to curb opium production in the country because of the regime's deeply repressive ...

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar claimed Afghanistan’s economy has improved in recent years during talks with a UK envoy, despite ...

Recent reports confirming the death of Taliban Supreme Commander and founder, Mullah Mohamad Omar, are disconcerting for a number of reasons. Though rumors of his death have circulated for years since ...

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