Latest Taliban News

Survivors grapple with aid cuts and the Taliban a year after massive Afghan earthquake

Oct. 06, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — People had just seconds to flee their homes when the terrifying sound of earth cracking open reverberated across western Afghanistan's Herat province. Nobody knows for sure how many people died in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Oct. 7, 2023, or in the...

Pakistani security forces say they killed 8 militants in a raid in the restive northwest

Sep. 26, 2024 14:10 PM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed eight militants in an overnight raid in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the volatile northwestern region that borders Afghanistan, the military said Thursday. Troops also seized weapons and ammunition from...

Taliban who banned women from public spaces say no one faces discrimination in Afghanistan

Sep. 26, 2024 07:39 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Thursday it was absurd to accuse them of gender discrimination and other human rights violations, as four countries vow to hold Afghanistan’s rulers accountable under international law for their treatment of women and girls. Australia,...

House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal

Sep. 25, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday voted to condemn President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, capping their work in Washington with legislation that carried no legal weight but drove a political point ahead of the...

House Republicans advance contempt charges against Secretary Blinken over Afghanistan testimony

Sep. 24, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday advanced contempt of Congress charges against Secretary of State Antony Blinken following a contentious back-and-forth with the Cabinet secretary over an appearance to testify on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from...

Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors

Sep. 23, 2024 05:49 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...

Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican

Sep. 22, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Speaking at the United Nations, Rama pointed...

Iran condemns a Taliban delegate's failure to stand for the Iranian national anthem

Sep. 20, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran expressed its deep displeasure Friday over a Taliban delegate's failure to stand during the Iranian national anthem at an event in Tehran, state-run media said, following a similar incident in Pakistan earlier in the week. The incident involving the Taliban...

State Department accuses House GOP of calling Blinken to testify about Afghanistan when he's away

Sep. 19, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department lashed out Thursday at House Republicans over a subpoena for testimony about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, accusing them of repeatedly calling for hearings on days they knew Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unavailable to appear. ...

Afghanistan reopens its embassy in Oman, the Taliban say

Sep. 17, 2024 09:23 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s Embassy in Oman has reopened, an official in Kabul said Tuesday, the latest sign of the growing inclusion of the Taliban among Gulf Arab countries following the United Arab Emirates’ acceptance of a Taliban ambassador last month. ...