Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A "prayer writing" mullah has been accused of rape after videos of him sexually assaulting three women have begun ...

The recently released audio message by the emir of the Afghan Taliban movement, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has sent waves of worry across the international community. Notwithstanding efforts by ...

Iran's conflict stems from decades of misrule by its clerical regime, which squandered resources and isolated the country.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar claimed Afghanistan’s economy has improved in recent years during talks with a UK envoy, despite ...

Can Mullah Omar retire quietly to the suburbs of Kandahar if he hands the city over to his opponents, disbands his army and says he’s really, really sorry? That was the question hanging over ...

Yesterday the New York Times broke the story of the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the operational leader of the Afghan Taliban and the highest-ranking insurgent figure captured since the war ...

Mohammad Yaqoob was virtually unknown five years ago when the Taliban disclosed the mysterious death of his father and its founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar. The Taliban acknowledged that its spiritual ...

MULLAH ABDUL GHANI BARADAR was not among the Taliban men who strode, unopposed, into the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on August 15th. But he is credited with getting them there ...

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's main intelligence agency said Wednesday that the reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead for more than two years. The one-eyed, secretive head ...