Khalil Haqqani, the Taliban's acting minister for refugees and repatriation, has been killed in a bombing in Kabul on Wednesday (Dec 11), reports suggest. Khalil, a key member of the powerful Haqqani network, died following an explosion that targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital.

Taliban minister Khalil Haqqani killed in Kabul bombing: Who was he?

Khalil Haqqani, the Taliban's acting minister for refugees and repatriation, has been killed in a bombing in Kabul on Wednesday (Dec 11), reports suggest. Haqqani, a key member of the powerful Haqqani network, died following an explosion that targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital.

Khalil Haqqani killed in Kabul mosque bombing: Who was he?

On 30th July, a US drone strike sealed the fate of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri, killing him in Kabul, Afghanistan. It's been four days since the strike but neither the US nor the Taliban have come out with any material evidence of the Al-Qaeda chief's deaths.

US, Taliban yet to release material evidence of Zawahiri's death

Al-Qaeda leader and Bin Laden's successor Ayman Al-Zawahiri had a 25 million dollar US bounty on his head and was obviously in hiding but the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan changed that. Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough to move to Kabul living in a house and it was here that a US drone strike sealed his fate.

US uses Ninja Bomb to kill Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri

The United States has achieved what it wanted to do for a long time. A well-thought-out plan to kill Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri has become a success. One of the world's most wanted terrorists and key 9/11 plotter is now dead. WION's correspondent Anas Mallick brings more on this.

US conducts drone strike in Afghanistan, kills 9/11 mastermind

The United Nations Security Council has a long-standing international travel ban on a number of Taliban leaders but during the Donald Trump administration, a waiver was provided in order to straighten the talks between the world leaders.

Human rights groups urge UN to impose travel ban on Taliban leadership

Taliban's Supreme leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada finally made his first ever public appearance at a Madrassah in Kandahar. Akhundzada's first address at the famous Darul Uloom Hakimah Madrassa focused towards military officials, claim local sources.

Taliban's leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada makes first-ever public appearance in Kandahar

The TV news anchor who interviewed a Taliban spokesperson after the Taliban took power earlier this month has fled Afghanistan, raising concerns about the future of female journalists in the country.

Female journalist Beheshta Arghand flees Afghanistan after TV interview with Taliban leader

Amid reports that the Taliban had resumed violence in Afghanistan just days after the US and Taliban signed a historic agreement in Qatar, President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) confirmed that he had spoken with the Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar over the phone.

'We had a good conversation': Donald Trump confirms speaking to Taliban leader

A high-profile local Taliban figure who announced and justified the 2012 attack on teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has escaped detention, Pakistan's interior minister confirmed a few days after the militant announced his breakout on social media.

Pakistan confirms escape of Taliban leader who justified Malala shooting

Taliban leader Muhibullah was killed on Sunday in Afghanistan's Kunduz city. Muhibullah was a citizen of Pakistan and was killed in an airstrike. This comes just a couple of days after a US aistrike killed a Taliban splinter-group commander and several other fighters in the western Afghan province of Herat, news agency AFP reported quoting Afghan and military sources.

Taliban leader killed in airstrike in Afghanistan's Kunduz

Top Taliban leader Mullah Baradar who now leads the peace efforts with the US, was released by Pakistan at the behest of the Trump administration, a US envoy said.

Top Taliban leader was released by Pakistan at the behest of Trump administration: US envoy 

The explosives went off prematurely, killing the two militants, as they were busy planning to plant it

Afghanistan: Local Taliban leader dies as IED he was planting explodes

Afghan Muslim people consider martyrdom in confrontation with the US as a cherished goal of their life, Haibatullah Akhundzada said

New Taliban leader tells US to end Afghan 'occupation' in first message

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