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The Taliban leader responsible for the kidnappings of Bowe Bergdahl and reporter David Rohde is dead
According to a report published by the institute, Haqqani's rise to infamy began in the 1970s and b…
Caitlin Foster
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Saudi Arabia had high-level contacts with one of America's deadliest adversaries in Afghanistan
Wikileaks released the first cache of Saudi diplomatic cables on June 19, although the organization…
Jeremy Bender
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'Naughty women' should stay home, says secretive Taliban official while also pledging improvements for women's rights
Sirajudin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani Network terrorist organization, said that "good news" is i…
Matthew Loh
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Taliban leader endorses Elon Musk's Twitter, accuses Mark Zuckerberg's Threads of having an 'intolerant' policy on free speech
Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader, said Twitter has "important advantages" over competitors suc…
Charles R. Davis,Haley Tenore
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Afghanistan's new interior minister heads a US-designated terror group and has a $10 million US bounty on his head
The militant group did not include any women in the interim government and has been cracking down o…
John Haltiwanger
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The American woman kidnapped by a Taliban-allied group and held hostage for years describes the harrowing moment her family was freed
Coleman said she and her family were held in Pakistan for over a year at that point. The family had…
Jeremy Berke
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Taliban Twitter Picture Shows Bowe Bergdahl Smiling With Taliban Leader
The photograph was first posted to Twitter on July 9 by @khorasan3, an account that the Middle East…
Jeremy Bender
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US president Obama recognizes India as ‘major defence partner’, conditions funding to Pakistan
Currently vacationing in Hawaii, Obama yesterday signed the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDA…
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New York Times gets criticized for publishing an op-ed written by Taliban leader
Haqqani, the leader of the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network comprised of fighters affiliated with al-…
David Choi
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US minces no words, sends a clear cut message to Pakistan on terror
While appreciating Pakistan’s crackdown in North Waziristan, Rice said Pakistan should take on the …
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The Taliban has long been run by secretive figureheads and commanders jockeying for power. Here's who made it into the inner circle that retook Afghanistan.
The secretive Taliban leadership is headed by a supreme leader and three deputies - a mix of leader…
Matthew Loh
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It’s official now! Hafiz Saeed-led JuD, Haqqani network not banned in Pakistan
In the petition, Saeed pleaded that the Saif Ali Khan-starrer film, which is scheduled to release o…
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Pakistan's former ambassador to the US at the time of the bin Laden raid tells a VERY different story than Seymour Hersh
"My instructions were clear: to ensure that the US government, Congress, and the media did not blam…
Natasha Bertrand,Michael B Ke…
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The recently freed Taliban captive initially didn't believe Donald Trump was president
Boyle's trip to Afghanistan raised eyebrows. He was formerly married to Zaynab Khadr, the older sis…
Jeremy Berke
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Pakistanis head terror groups ISIL-K, AQIS, TTP is not yet blacklisted: UN report
Farooqi, who hails from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is the mastermind behind the deadly terror a…
PTI
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The Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women protesting the new government by whipping, beating people
The Taliban also intend to include a ministry of vice and virtue as a way to police an interpretati…
Jake Epstein
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Trump officials are quietly negotiating with the Taliban - which is now ranked the world's deadliest terror group
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports, the US-backed Afghan government freed three senior Ta…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Taliban mocks America in a propaganda video that shows its fighters dressed up in US Army uniforms and gear
Videos and images released by the Taliban show that the group has seized huge stocks of American we…
Alia Shoaib
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Taliban returns American and Australian hostages as part of a prisoner swap after holding them for over 3 years
According to the State Department, the Taliban released the professors as a "goodwill measure." The…