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 ...

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

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

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