The Taliban acquired their cache of weaponry as if by lottery-like chance amid Afghanistan’s unexpectedly hasty collapse, a scenario unintended basically by anyone but the Taliban.

The Taliban is actively exploring ways in which it can obtain a tactical nuclear weapon as it seeks to cement its grip on power in Afghanistan, the country’s former spy chief has claimed ...

Another propaganda photo appeared to show Taliban fighters, again outfitted in full US military gear, raising the group’s white flag in an imitation of the world-famous 1945 photo that captured ...

When the Taliban swept to power in 1996, they were quickly ccepted by Afghans fed up with years of war against the Soviet Union followed by a civil conflict that had left much of the country in an ...

The weapons are markedly better than the AK-47-type weapons the Taliban previously carried, but the poorly trained fighters are probably not prepared to take advantage of them.

Taliban fighters armed with American weapons and equipment patrol and secure the outer perimeter, alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, ...

Taliban has billions in US weapons, including Black Hawks and up to 600K rifles By . Lee Brown. Published Aug. 20, 2021, 12:03 p.m. ET. The war chest included at least 600,000 infantry weapons -- ...

The Taliban, during their lightning advance over the past week to take control of Afghanistan, amassed a variety of weapons the US supplied to Afghan forces, including guns, ammunition and even ...

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armored vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their ongoing transformation from an ...