PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...

Back in 2000, following a meeting with Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban envoy to Pakistan, Vijay K Nambiar, India’s High Commissioner to Islamabad at the time, assessed the chances of engagement ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021, Pakistan’s then-prime minister Imran Khan lauded ...

Current Seahawks assistant head coach Leslie Frazier has been requested for an interview with Dallas to take place next week, perhaps as early as Monday. That news was first reported by ESPN’s ...

India's engagement with the Taliban-led Afghan government is redefining South Asia's political landscape. A significant meeting between India and the Taliban discussed trade through Iran's ...

General Hospital actress Leslie Charleson’s cause of death has been revealed following her death at the age of 79. The star – who was the longest serving member of cast until her departure ...

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The first high level diplomatic meeting held between India and the Taliban leadership marked a significant step in rebuilding New Delhi’s influence in Afghanistan, according to analysts.

Leslie Dale Main age 71, of Paris, TX passed away at Paris Regional Health on December 4, 2024. Leslie was born March 4, 1953, in McAlester, OK and was the oldest daughter of Dale and Laura Bookout ...

The Doha Agreement, signed in February 2020 by Trump and representatives of the Taliban, required U.S. troops to leave the country by May 2021. There was also a more critical and elemental ...

While India has been gradually increasing its engagement with the Taliban, this latest meeting represents the highest-level talks since the Islamic group's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

Russia reportedly paid fighters linked to the Taliban $200,000 for every Western coalition soldier they killed in Afghanistan. An investigation by the independent Russian news outlet The Insider ...