Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming ...

Last year, during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden pledged his administration would not allow the new Taliban ... the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in ...

The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation ...

The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...

"The Taliban were talking regularly and at a ... has significantly diminished over the past decade, but its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is believed to still be based in Afghanistan along with a ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans ... U.S. drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. In addition to Rahim ...

Michael McCaul, R-Texas, expressed concern that the Taliban’s counteroffer ... same year following the U.S. killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, with the FBI suspecting he ...

Drafting a new constitution remains another challenge, with Al-Julani projecting a two- to three-year process. Meanwhile, the ...

The Taliban government takes security measures ... the corrupt “apostate” regimes in the Islamic world. Led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda today comprises disparate networks around the globe ...

The Taliban said they had been in talks with the Biden administration to exchange Afghans in U.S. custody for Americans detained in Afghanistan.