Articles for Taliban Leaders

Taliban’s Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed: Why it matters
1 week, 1 day ago

Taliban’s Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed: Why it matters

Al Jazeera  

The most high-profile assassination in Afghanistan since 2021 has sparked questions over divisions within the Taliban. The deceased minister was a senior leader within the Haqqani Network, the Taliban’s closest ally which has jointly controlled power in Afghanistan since 2021. There are many different power bases within the Taliban-led administration, Jackson agreed, and the Haqqanis, she said, “are the most …

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Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?
1 year, 7 months ago

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Al Jazeera  

Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have appointed Maulvi Abdul Kabir, who played a key role in the 2020 Doha Agreement with the United States, as the country’s new caretaker prime minister, a senior official of the group confirmed to Al Jazeera. Appointment devoid of …

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Depriving Afghan women of an education would benefit no one
1 year, 11 months ago

Depriving Afghan women of an education would benefit no one

Al Jazeera  

The recent edict to ban women from higher education in Afghanistan is not only a blow to those directly affected but to all of Afghan society because it further erodes the little hope for progress remaining in the country. Indeed, these most recent limitations on women’s participation in Afghan society are just the latest consequences of the regrettable competition between …

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Afghanistan: Tension Rife Between Kandhari Group, New Leaders in Taliban Over Ban on Women’s Education
2 years ago

Afghanistan: Tension Rife Between Kandhari Group, New Leaders in Taliban Over Ban on Women’s Education

News 18  

There are reports of tension between two groups in the Taliban government in Afghanistan – the Kandhari group and another comprising a new breed of ministers. According to sources close to the Taliban regime, there is serious tension between the Kandhari group and other leaders over the ban on women’s education. Sources said the group comprising ministers like Nazar Mohammad …

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India, the Taliban, and the Country In Between
2 years, 1 month ago

India, the Taliban, and the Country In Between

The Diplomat  

A year after their takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban’s system of governance remains marred with controversies spanning from violence against minorities to disregard for women’s rights. Moreover, given its geographical proximity, economic size, military capacity, and robust diplomatic network, India serves as a crucial and palpable component in the Taliban’s quest for internal and external legitimacy. Moreover, according to a …

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Woman diplomat part of Indian team meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul
2 years, 6 months ago

Woman diplomat part of Indian team meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of repeated calls for protecting the rights of Afghan women and their inclusion in all aspects of life, a woman diplomat was part of the Indian team that travelled to Kabul for meetings with senior Taliban leaders. Indian Foreign Service officer Deepti Jharwal is part of the Indian team meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul, Afghanistan. …

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'Afghanistan's key Taliban leaders studied at Pakistan madrassa'
3 years ago

'Afghanistan's key Taliban leaders studied at Pakistan madrassa'

Firstpost  

Pakistan has long had an uneasy relationship with madrassas like Haqqania. Leaders who once saw the seminaries as a way to influence events in Afghanistan now see them as a source of conflict within Pakistan Peshawar: Darul Uloom Haqqania madrassa, one of Pakistan’s largest and oldest seminaries and dubbed as a university of jihad’ by its critics for helping sow …

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Taliban leaders meet with UK, Iran delegations amid economic woes
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban leaders meet with UK, Iran delegations amid economic woes

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders met Tuesday with U.K. officials for the first time since taking power, a move the group hopes will pave the way for the country to refill cash-starved coffers as it teeters on the brink of economic collapse. The meeting marked Britain’s first diplomatic visit to the country since the Taliban seized Kabul on Aug. 15, and …

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Taliban leaders meet with UK, Iran delegations amid economic woes
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban leaders meet with UK, Iran delegations amid economic woes

India Today  

Afghanistan's Taliban leaders met Tuesday with UK officials for the first time since taking power, a move the group hopes will pave the way for the country to refill cash-starved coffers as it teeters on the brink of economic collapse. The Taliban met with Sir Simon Gass, the British prime minister's high representative for Afghan transition, and Martin Longden, the …

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Who are the Taliban and what’s next for Afghanistan?
3 years, 2 months ago

Who are the Taliban and what’s next for Afghanistan?

Live Mint  

The Taliban, an Islamist fundamentalist organization that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until being toppled by the 2001 U.S. invasion, seized the Afghan capital Kabul on Aug. 15 after President Ashraf Ghani escaped the country, crowning a rapid offensive that started in May. The Taliban, a word that means “students,” were founded in southern Afghanistan by Mullah Mohammad Omar, a one-eyed …

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U.S. conundrum: How should officials deal with the Taliban?
3 years, 3 months ago

U.S. conundrum: How should officials deal with the Taliban?

LA Times  

A Taliban fighter raises the movement’s flag as they take a tour of the military assets that were left behind. As the newly-in-power Taliban prepares to announce a government in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is being forced to abruptly recalibrate its approach to a group long viewed in the U.S. as terrorists. Saying they now want to “lead with diplomacy” …

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Opinion | Afghanistan: All eyes on new Taliban govt now
3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Afghanistan: All eyes on new Taliban govt now

India TV News  

Fierce fighting is going on between Taliban soldiers and Northern Alliance resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir valley. In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Friday night, we showed videos of fierce fighting going on between Taliban and resistance forces in Panjshir valley. Taliban is offering a dialogue to resistance leaders because Panjshir valley is close to Bagram airbase …

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I Am In Panjshir, Defending Its Dignity: Amrullah Saleh Refutes Claims Of Taliban Seizing Power
3 years, 3 months ago

I Am In Panjshir, Defending Its Dignity: Amrullah Saleh Refutes Claims Of Taliban Seizing Power

ABP News  

New Delhi: With Taliban leaders claiming control over Panjshir valley, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, former vice president Amrullah Saleh in a recorded video refuted the reports of him fleeing the valley and said that his side had not given up. The leader of the resistance forces claimed that the Taliban have cut phone lines and …

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Rebels hold out in Panjshir; Taliban set up gov’t in Kabul: Live
3 years, 3 months ago

Rebels hold out in Panjshir; Taliban set up gov’t in Kabul: Live

Al Jazeera  

Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud fight in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, as Taliban leaders work to form government. Qatar, on its part, said it was working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport “as soon as possible”, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, adding that the Gulf state was The British foreign secretary …

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Pakistan's BIG Admission: On TV, Minister Says They are 'Custodians of Taliban'
3 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan's BIG Admission: On TV, Minister Says They are 'Custodians of Taliban'

News 18  

The Pakistan government on Wednesday called itself a “custodian” of Taliban leaders and accepted that Islamabad provided shelter and education to the Taliban insurgents in its country. On a TV show, Pakistan interior minister Sheikh Rashid has openly accepted that Imran Khan-led Pakistan government has done everything for Taliban leaders, who are back in power in Afghanistan after 20 years. …

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Taliban hail 'victory' as US withdraws from Afghanistan, resistance forces gear up for long war | 10 points
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban hail 'victory' as US withdraws from Afghanistan, resistance forces gear up for long war | 10 points

India Today  

The Taliban declared victory on Tuesday, hours after the last US plane took off from the Kabul airport, marking the end of America's longest war. READ | Major General Chris Donahue -- the last American to leave Afghanistan The Taliban took full control of the Hamid Karzai airport as the US withdrawal concluded. Victory belongs to all Afghans, say Taliban: …

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How I predicted Kabul’s fall two months before Ghani escaped
3 years, 3 months ago

How I predicted Kabul’s fall two months before Ghani escaped

India Today  

Risk is the beauty of journalism. Some Indian TV channels were predicting that the US would start carpet bombing against the Taliban soon but unexpectedly CIA Chief William Burns reached Kabul last Monday and met Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Just a few days before the entry of the Taliban in Kabul Pakistani security officials told parliamentarians and journalists …

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Taliban, ISIS-K, al Qaeda, Northern Alliance: The groups vying for power in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban, ISIS-K, al Qaeda, Northern Alliance: The groups vying for power in Afghanistan

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Let’s start with the Taliban, the group that controlled Afghanistan’s government when the US and NATO invaded in 2001 and, after just about exactly 20 years, controls it again. Hailing from the Taliban heartland of Spin Boldak, in southern Kandahar province, he was involved in the mujahedeen – or …

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Who are the Taliban? For decades the Taliban’s leaders have been shrouded in secrecy. Here’s what we know about its key players
3 years, 3 months ago

Who are the Taliban? For decades the Taliban’s leaders have been shrouded in secrecy. Here’s what we know about its key players

CNN  

CNN — The Taliban’s leadership structure has long been a mystery, with little known about how it works beyond the group’s most influential figures. But a look at the group’s leadership structure suggests that the nature of the new government could very well mirror the Taliban’s previous hard-line regime. Hailing from the Taliban heartland of Spin Boldak, in southern Kandahar …

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Taliban gain comrades in Beijing, Pakistan revives AfPak dynamic as Russia eyes long game in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban gain comrades in Beijing, Pakistan revives AfPak dynamic as Russia eyes long game in Afghanistan

India Today  

Much has been said and written about the Taliban's hostile takeover of Afghanistan. In a clear admission of Russia's long game in Kabul, Kremlin envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said earlier this week, "We have maintained contacts with the Taliban for the last seven years, discussing many issues." Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi with Taliban leader Mullah Baradar in …

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Hefazat-e-Islam leaders wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state
3 years, 7 months ago

Hefazat-e-Islam leaders wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state

Op India  

Mamunul Haque, an influential leader of hardcore Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh, along with other leaders, has confessed to wanting to turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state like Afghanistan if they came to power. Along with other influential leaders from across the country, Haque had formed an organization called ‘Rabetatul Waizin Bangladesh’, to dethrone the government in power and establish …

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