The Taliban is stronger now than it has been since it was forced from power in 2001. Over the years, it has captured territory across the country and today exercises control or influence over at ...

In the south, key towns are now Taliban territory. The BBC's Auliya Atrafi was invited by the militants to spend four days behind the front line in Helmand province witnessing life under their ...

Taliban officials announced Friday that the Sunni Muslim insurgent group had taken control of 85% of territory in Afghanistan and its fighters were tightening their grip on strategic areas.

Civilians living in Marawara point to the question of violence and insecurity as one of the reasons they’ve remained in Taliban territory: They trust the militants to provide better security ...

But the Afghan government is under constant attack from the Taliban and is struggling to hold onto its territory. This past weekend saw some of the militants' largest gains yet. Nick Schifrin and ...

A timeline of Afghanistan’s recent diplomatic engagements: Head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Qatar, Suhail Shaheen said the group is a “reality of today’s Afghanistan” as it “controls ...

Roggio tracks how much territory the Taliban controls in Afghanistan, and reports that its control of land has grown each of the past 2 years. Roggio says that the Taliban currently controls about ...

We knew that they weren’t about to come out into Taliban territory. Read: ‘This is not Saigon. This is worse than Saigon.' We tried four more times, and each time we were turned away.

Saeedullah Saeed's remarks come amid a sharp increase in TTP-led violence emanating from Afghan territory, with over 600 attacks in Pakistan recorded in 2024, according to a UN report.