Nearly five years after returning to power, the Taliban are no longer merely an insurgent movement that seized control of a fractured state .

Russia sees a need to work with Kabul as it faces a major security threat from Islamist militant groups based in a string of countries from Afghanistan to the Middle East.

Russia is building a 'full-fledged partnership' with Taliban authorities in Afghanistan and is urging other regional states ...

An Afghan delegation will travel to Brussels for the first talks with the European Union in June, led by Foreign ...

By Amina Ismail BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission is planning a first meeting with Taliban officials in ...

The European Union will hold its first-ever meeting with representatives of the Afghan Taliban movement to discuss migration ...

The European Commission has invited officials from Afghanitan's Taliban to discuss the returns of certain migrants. It's controversial on humanitarian grounds, and because Brussels doesn't recognize ...

Agha Jan, a close associate of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, served as finance minister in the group’s first government prior to the 9/11 attacks.

"I will fight them to my last breath and the last drop of my blood in my body. I'm not scared," vowed newspaper publisher Jugnu Mohsin. She was leading a crowd of several hundred students, artists, ...

The effort potentially shielded Iranian aircraft from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the ...