Afghan Taliban

February 4, 2025 5:37 PM

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban vow to stay united despite “enemy” bids to cause rifts

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of conflict or war stemming from differences of opinion. Some analysts and diplomats have voiced concern that divisions in the Taliban, which fought a 20-year war against foreign forces and took over Afghanistan in 2021, might spill over into instability as they seek to restore control. "Enemies" dreamed of sowing divi...

Afghan Taliban hit back at Pakistan, targets soldiers

Pakistani airstrikes kill 46 people in Afghanistan on 24 December. Pakistan claims it targeted a hideout of its homegrown terrorist group -- the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to avenge the killings of 16 Pakistani soldiers by the T.T.P. three days ago. But the Afghan Taliban, which rules Kabul, is not entirely convinced. It says dozens of civilians, including women and children, are among the dead -- a claim corroborated by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Kabul lodges a formal...