Newyork Times
39 am The Taliban are prepared to accept less than full control over Afghanistan after American troops leave, but are still fighting to play a major role in the country's future, according to an interview with a senior Taliban commander in which he...
Voice of America
VOA News July 12, 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai is again urging Taliban fighters, including their fugitive leader Mullah Omar, to lay down their weapons and join the political process. "Mullah Omar should come to Afghanistan and open a political...
The Age
In order to save face, the two men, Mullah Azatullah and Qader, held a makeshift trial and summarily executed her to settle their dispute...It has been reported that both men were subsequently killed by a third Taliban commander, but this has not...
United Press International
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday invited the Taliban to open an office in Kabul as an official opposition party. "To the armed opposition of Afghanistan ... I ask [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar, if he is not working for others, if he is an Afghan,...
Pak Tribune
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Thursday to spend transparently the $16 billion aid pledged by donors during the Tokyo conference. Addressing a press conference at the Presidential Place in Kabul, the president said that with the...
United Press International
The Taliban leadership in Afghanistan can't admit its own weaknesses for fear of undermining the morale of the mujahedin, a veteran commander said. The Taliban in May announced the start of its spring offensive called al-Farooq, a title bestowed upon...