Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...

November 1994 – The Taliban take control of the city of Kandahar. September 1996 – The capital, Kabul, falls to the Taliban. 1996-2001 – The group imposes strict Islamic laws on the Afghan ...

Earlier Sunday, the Taliban took over Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province and the last major city outside the capital to have been under government control. Various reports said security ...

The country is home to militant groups that, with the Taliban in control, now have freer rein. The Taliban have opened thousands of madrassas, religious schools where young men may be exposed to ...

It’s another diplomatic success for the Taliban, which have moved to take control of the country’s embassies and consulates overseas after more than three years in power. Their takeover of ...