Mullah Mohammad Omar

Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor denies being wounded in rare audio recording

Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has released a rare audio recording in which he denies claims by an Afghan official that he was wounded in a shootout during a meeting with other commanders in Pakistan last week.

Pak Taliban deputy chief Khalid Haqqani to head operations: Report

Pakistani Taliban deputy leader Sheikh Khalid Haqqani is expected to lead the group's operations despite Mullah Fazlullah's appointment as the new chief of the banned organisation, a media report said on Thursday.

Still willing to talk peace, says Taliban leader Mohammad Omar

Omar urged Kabul's security forces to turn their guns on foreign troops, government officials and Afghans cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition forces.