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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Glezmann, an American detained in Afghanistan for more than two years before being released by the Taliban, arrived in the United States on Friday, where he reunited with his wife and was greeted by a welcoming party that included his former cellmate.
HE is the Taxman of Kabul, a bearded, black-turbaned Talib with a genial manner and the calculating mind of a computer-savvy accountant.
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a $10 million reward offer for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan interior ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
AKORA KHATTAK: Thousands of mourners attended a funeral on Saturday (March 1) for a Taliban-linked cleric slain in a suicide bomb attack on a seminary in Pakistan's northwest.
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan is in a crisis, and the illusion of relative stability has disappeared. The economy is fragile, women remain confined to their homes, and the suspension of US aid is expected to deepen the country's humanitarian crisis
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban killed six worshippers during Friday prayers, police said.
ISLAMABAD: Kabul-based private television network Arezo TV has resumed operations after a nearly three-month suspension, according to a statement from the Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC) on Saturday (March 1).
KABUL: An Afghan women's radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban suspended its operations, citing "unauthorised provision" of content to an overseas TV channel and improperly using its licence.
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's cricketers know things are not right at home, their coach said on Tuesday, over calls for opponents to boycott Champions Trophy matches in response to the Taliban government's crackdown on women's rights.
KABUL: A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday (Feb 17), in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region.
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of conflict or war stemming from differences of opinion.
Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban have signed deals with numerous investors to mine gemstones, gold, copper and other valuable minerals.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has not established official bilateral relations nor cooperation in education specifically with the Taliban-led Afghanistan government, says Fadhlina Sidek.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. may place a "very big bounty" on the top leaders of the Taliban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday, adding he was hearing that the Taliban held more American hostages than previously reported.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of crimes against humanity for widespread discrimination against women and girls.
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international isolation of its rulers.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first step on the path to full internationals.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.
Senior Taliban figure Sher Abbas Stanikzai urged the group’s leaders ‘to open the doors of education … we are committing an injustice’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay with alleged ties to former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
