Editor’s note: In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Kabul. We asked a variety of experts..

The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ...

The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation ...

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He quickly secured the backing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who called him "the ... base in southern Helmand province in 2017. After Kabul's fall in summer 2021, the "emir" gained ...

Bad weather in both Washington and Kabul was also partly blamed ... in August 2022 after a drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Mr Biden had promised last week that an exchange ...

It's the house in Kabul, Afghanistan, where Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2022. When NPR went out to interview him last week, Burns pointed to the exact ...

A US air strike has killed a senior operative of an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in north-west Syria, the US military said on ...