Afghan Taliban | DD News

May 14, 2026 2:31 PM

Russia says it’s establishing ‘full partnership’ with Afghan Taliban

Russia is establishing a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official was quoted on Thursday as saying. Russia last year became the first country to formally recognise the Islamist Taliban government that seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. Interfax news agency quoted Russian official...

March 17, 2026 9:43 AM

From sponsor to enemy: What’s behind Pakistan’s attack on Afghan Taliban?

Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India. What's gone wrong? On Monday night, Pakistan carried out an air strike on Afghan capital Kabul, the latest attack in fighting between the neighbours that has flared in recent weeks. The Afghan Taliban said at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in the strike on a drug r...

March 17, 2026 2:05 PM

Afghan Taliban says 400 killed in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital, Pakistan rejects claim

Over 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, a sharp escalation in the conflict between the neighbours. Pakistan rejected the claim as false and misleading and said it "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" on Monday night. "The visible secondary detonations after the strikes clearly indicate the presence of large am...

February 28, 2026 10:32 AM

Afghan Taliban open to talks after Pakistan bombs Kabul, Kandahar

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities and said the allies-turned-foes were in "open war." Pakistan struck the Afghan capital Kabul, the city of Kandahar, where Taliban leaders are based, and other towns, a Taliban spokesman said. The attacks were its first directly targeting Afghanistan's government over allegations it harbours militants seeking to overthrow the Islamabad government. Taliban spokesman Zabih...

October 15, 2025 4:58 PM

New violence on Pakistan-Afghan border kills more than a dozen civilians, troops

Fresh fighting broke out on Wednesday along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing more than a dozen civilians and troops to shatter a fragile peace after weekend clashes that killed dozens. The weekend fighting was the worst between the neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021, despite regular clashes between their security forces along the contested 2,600 km (1,600-mile) frontier. The Afghan Taliban said more than a dozen of its civilians�...

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...

December 30, 2024 11:41 AM

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...