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Taliban find it easy to win Kabul but difficult to rule as Afghans face one of the worst humanitarian crises ever

As winter advances, there are serious shortages of food, medicines and drinking water everywhere in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s new US envoy Masood Khan is terrorism’s newest errand boy in diplomacy

Masood Khan has repeatedly advocated “holy war” against India, resisted sanctions against Hizbul head Syed Salahuddin, shared stage with Harkat-ul-Mujahideen founder Fazlur Rehman Khalil

As Taliban 2.0 and T20 mix, ICC runs into a World Cup-level problem

Afghanistan's participation in next month's T20 World Cup is becoming a matter of intrigue after Taliban's takeover of the strife-torn country.

Why India will need clarity on US role in security of Af-Pak region before Quad Summit

New strategic alignments and alliances are taking shape, even as old relationships suddenly seem to have regained their relevance

Republican senators seek to designate Taliban as terror outfit, cite threat to US national security

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, ousting the previous elected leadership which was backed by the West

Taliban's Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund asks former govt officials to return, vows 'full protection'

Afghanistan's acting prime minister reiterated the Taliban's promise of amnesty for anyone who has worked alongside the previous governments following the US-led invasion in 2001

All the Taliban’s men: A who’s who of the Islamic Emirate’s new leadership

Like the government of the first Islamist Emirate, which collapsed after 9/11, the cabinet is heavily dominated by leaders from southern Afghanistan

Mullah Hasan Akhund is Afghanistan's interim prime minister: Why Taliban banks on this enigmatic figure

Mullah Akhund has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the inception of the militant group in the 1990s

Mullah Hasan Akhund to head 'acting' Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar his deputy; Sirajuddin Haqqani gets interior portfolio

Secretive Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada , who has never been seen in public, told the new government to uphold Sharia law in a statement

Mullah Baradar, Taliban founder Omar's trusted aide, is insurgent group's political chief and public face

While Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban’s overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and most public face. Western diplomats have hitherto viewed him as the most resistant to ISI control