List of Taliban articles
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GettyImages-85212472_960 Will Mullah Omar’s Death Help the Islamic State?
The Taliban leader's death only means a new chapter in the fight against jihadist violence.
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To go with story 'UN-attacks-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Haqqani' by Tim Withcher (FILES) In this photograph taken on July 7, 2008 Afghan officials look on as a vehicle is moved from the site of a suicide attack in front of The Indian Embassy in Kabul. The UN Security Council on November 5, 2012 ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind. The network, which has been widely linked to Pakistan, is accused of carrying out a string of major attacks in Afghanistan including against the US and Indian embassies and a major hotel in Kabul. AFP PHOTO/STR/FILES (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The Taliban’s New Number 2 Is a ‘Mix of Tony Soprano and Che Guevara’
Sirajuddin Haqqani has killed hundreds of Americans and thousands of Afghans and could ensure that his country’s future is even bloodier than its past.
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Afghan farmers harvest opium sap from a poppy field in Surkh Rod District, of Nangarhar province near Jalalabad on May 5, 2015. Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has reached a record high in 2014, a UN report has revealed, highlighting the failure of the US-led campaign to crack down on the lucrative crop. The total area under cultivation was about 224,000 hectares (553,500 acres) in 2014, a seven percent increase on last year, according to the Afghanistan Opium Survey released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah Shirzada (Photo credit should read Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan: Still the King of Opium
Afghanistan remains awash in opium, despite $8.2 billion in American taxpayer dollars spent since 2002 to curb its rampant drug production and trade.
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: TV grabs taken secretly by BBC Newsnight shows Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar (C) during a rally of his troops in Kandahar before their victorious assault on Kabul in 1996. AFP PHOTO MANDATORY CREDIT BBC NEWS/NEWSNIGHT (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images) Could Mullah Omar’s Death Help the Peace Process?
Why would Kabul announce the death of Mullah Omar at such a critical point in the peace process?
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: TV grabs taken secretly by BBC Newsnight shows Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar (C) during a rally of his troops in Kandahar before their victorious assault on Kabul in 1996. AFP PHOTO MANDATORY CREDIT BBC NEWS/NEWSNIGHT (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images) Dead or Alive, Mullah Omar Is a Relic
The Taliban leader helped shelter bin Laden, but he wasn't as brutal as the thugs ISIS is recruiting inside Afghanistan.
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ALGIERS, ALGERIA - OCTOBER 28: A man reads 28 October 2001 in Algiers the Algerian daily El Youm, with on its frontpage a picture presented by the newspaper as a portrait of Mullah Mohammed Omar. The leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime Mullah Mohammed Omar said in an interview with El Youm that the "real war" against the United States has not yet begun, and promised to give the US a "bitter lesson". AFP PHOTO HOCINE (Photo credit should read HOCINE/AFP/Getty Images) Who’s in Charge of the Taliban?
The newest round of rumors over Mullah Omar’s demise is spreading like wildfire. And if Omar really is dead, understanding Akhtar Mansour -- arguably the Taliban’s number two man -- is vital for the upcoming peace talks.
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TO GO WITH Lifestyle-Pakistan-unrest-tourism,FEATURE by Sajjad Qayyum In this photograph taken on June 9, 2013, shows a view of tourist huts in the mountainous Neelum valley in Pakistani controlled Kashmir. Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in a new holiday resort in Kashmir as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD QAYYUM (Photo credit should read SAJJAD QAYYUM/AFP/Getty Images) The Camp David of Pakistan
Peace talks in Murree, Pakistan between Afghanistan and the Afghan Taliban may be a first tentative step, but they are the only step that can lead towards peace in Afghanistan.
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Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the new Taliban political office in Doha on June 18, 2013. The office is intended to open dialogue with the international community and Afghan groups for a "peaceful solution" in Afghanistan office spokesman Mohammed Naim told reporters. AFP PHOTO / FAISAL AL-TIMIMI (Photo credit should read FAISAL AL-TIMIMI/AFP/Getty Images) Who’s Talking for the Taliban?
The Afghan government's discussions with the Taliban earlier this month sparked hope for an eventual peace process, but were those in attendance speaking on behalf of the Taliban? Or will rifts between the Taliban's political office in Doha and the factions in the field prove fatal to negotiations?
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Microphones of Afghan media are pictured on a podium during a function marking the victory anniversary of Mujahideen freedom fighters against Soviet forces, in Kabul on April 28, 2012. Former Mujahideen leaders and Afghan government opposition members gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of their victory over their soviet occupiers. AFP PHOTO/ JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/GettyImages) Terrorists on the Dais: How Terrorists Exploit the Media
By covering terrorist attacks in never-ending news cycles, journalists are playing into the terrorists’ strategy.
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GettyImages-471636104_960 How to Fix Afghanistan’s Broken Peace Process
The country's new president has breathed fresh life into talks with the Taliban. But can he broker a deal that his people will get behind?
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Smoke and flames rise from buring fuel trucks following an overnight attack by Taliban militants in Chawk-e-Arghandi on outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul on July 5, 2014. Taliban militants set fire to dozens of fuel trucks on the outskirt of Kabul, officials said. The fire triggered by a sticky bomb set a blaze dozens of fuel tankers waiting to enter the city in Chawk-e-Arghandi parking lot west of Afghan capital overnight. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) The Taliban’s Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
Any expansion of the Islamic State into Afghanistan is worrying enough to disquiet the Taliban, and it changes the nature of the insurgency. Afghanistan and Pakistan need to respond accordingly.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Former Afghan militiamen wait their turn to hand over their weapons during a Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintergration (DDR) program in Kabul, 30 June 2005. The UN-backed DDR program which started in October 2003 is aimed at disarming militiamen and entered its second phase to collect number of illegal arms ahead of September's parliamentary elections. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) The Future of the Taliban
With patron support waning and the Islamic State expanding, the Taliban may transform into a militant political group in order to survive.
