Taliban leaders have chosen to maintain a delicate balancing act in their relationships with other local violent jihadi groups since taking power in Afghanistan, new research shows. Relationships are ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) – As the United States and its allies try to negotiate a peace settlement with the Taliban before all combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, a new obstacle has arisen: Insurgent ...

Protesters chanting for "education, work and freedom" took to the streets in Herat after reports of hijab-related arrests. Witnesses claim Taliban forces responded with gunfire and detentions.

Rights groups said Tuesday’s meeting undercuts the E.U.’s human rights obligations and could endanger people in Europe and Afghanistan.

Although their capabilities have diminished, the latest U.N. report noted the continued presence of ISKP, al-Qaida, and affiliate groups like the TTP in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This handout ...

The deadly reemergence of a little-known militant group in Afghanistan has prompted fears that rogue insurgents could be an added source for concern ahead of a crucial presidential election. The Feday ...

EU officials are set to meet Taliban representatives in Brussels after Belgium granted one-day visas, as the bloc seeks cooperation on migrant returns despite mounting criticism from human rights ...

Afghan Taliban to meet EU officials in rare meeting behind closed doors - Afghans make up one of the largest groups of migrants seeking asylum in the European Union ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A militant splinter group that broke from the Pakistani Taliban last year and declared allegiance to Islamic State announced on Thursday it was rejoining the ...

An Afghan Taliban delegation met EU officials in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time, an event rights groups denounced as legitimising the Islamists but the EU has defended as a step ​towards ...