The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Veteran Egyptian Saif al-Adel viewed as formidable threat by western officials

An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul

There are 222 million crisis-affected children worldwide who need our support, says Gordon Brown, chairman of the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund

Damning report by MPs urges government to ensure safe passage for interpreters and contractors at risk from Taliban

The 30-page report from the cross-party Commons Defence Committee criticises the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

As the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family poverty

A statement made by Dr Hussain has been described as "one of the most egregious cases"

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…