Fooled! US, Afghan officials talked to fake Mullah

Top US and Afghan officials have apparently been conned by a man claiming to be a leading Taliban negotiator in secret talks with Afghan officials. For months, the secret talks unfolding between......

Mullah Omar is alive and well in Karachi, says Afghan spy chief

Taliban's reclusive leader Mullah Muhammad Omar is alive and hiding in the Pakistani city of Karachi, a top Afghan intelligence official has said, echoing a similar assessment by Western......

Taliban finds new leader lacking influence; commanders refuse to pledge allegiance

Taliban's new leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada is being viewed as "lacking" the grip and influence his predecessor Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour commanded and the terror group's......

Taliban leader Mansour used Pak passport for abroad visits: Report

Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, killed in a United States airstrike in Balochistan, was a frequent flyer and used a Pakistani passport for his visits abroad for over nine years, a media......