Last year, the Taliban had a budget of more than $1 Billion. It is making millions in profits through a host of illegal activities - like drugs, smuggling and extortion.

Gravitas: The Taliban's billion-dollar business empire

The conflict in Afghanistan is intensifying. Rockets targeted the Afghan Presidential Palace today during Eid Prayers. There is growing evidence that Pakistan is supporting the Taliban's offensive.

Gravitas: Rockets Target Afghan Presidential Palace: Ghani slams Taliban, Pakistan

More than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Afghanistan have urged the Taliban to halt their military offensives just hours after the rival Afghan sides failed to agree on a ceasefire at a peace meeting in Doha.

Diplomatic missions and NATO in Afghanistan call for ceasefire with Taliban

At least three rockets were fired near the presidential palace, minutes before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to deliver a speech marking the Muslim festival of Eid-Adha.

WATCH: Three rockets land near Afghanistan presidential palace ahead of Eid-al-Adha

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and 15 diplomatic missions in Kabul on MOnday joined hands to urge Taliban for a ceasefire and halt to military offensives across Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Foreign missions issue joint call for Taliban ceasefire

Delegations from the Afghan government and the Taliban said that they will meet again and plan to expedite peace negotiations after two days of inconclusive talks in Doha.

Afghanistan leaders, Taliban to meet again after inconclusive Doha talks

NATO nations including 15 diplomatic missions have urged the Taliban to stop military operations in Afghanistan as the militant group failed to reach a ceasefire agreement in Doha.

Russia to conduct military drills near Afghan border as Taliban continues onslaught in Afghanistan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey was planning talks with Taliban about Kabul airport. The hardline group has refused to let Ankara run the airport after US troops withdraw.

Turkey plans to talk with Taliban over Kabul airport

The Taliban is getting stronger each day. The threat to India cannot be downplayed. With hostile neighbours already intent on breaching borders, the Taliban could act as a force multiplier. On Gravitas Plus, WION's Palki Sharma tells you what India's options are.

Gravitas Plus | Taliban's Rise: The threat to India

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Silsila Alikhil has been admitted to a hospital and is under medical care after being released from captivity.

Afghan envoy's daughter abducted, tortured in Islamabad

Taliban has said that it has sent a "message" to international terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) that the soil of Afghanistan will not be used against "any other country". Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, the Taliban's Spokesman for International Media Suhail Shaheen has said that they "don’t have any ties with" the 2 Pakistan-based terror groups.

Taliban says it doesn't has ties with Pak Based Terror groups like LeT, JeM

The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday said that he "strenuously favours" a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan. The announcement comes after the representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents sat down for a new round of talks in Doha over the weekend, stirring hopes that the long-stalled peace talks were being resuscitated.

Taliban leader 'favours political settlement' to Afghan conflict

Taliban has said that it has sent a 'message' to international terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) that the soil of Afghanistan will not be used against 'any other country'.

Exclusive: Taliban says it doesn't have ties with Pak-based terror groups like LeT, JeM 

Afghan politicians met Taliban representatives in Qatar on Saturday (July 17). Both sides called for peace even as fighting went on in Afghanistan between Taliban and Afghan government.

Afghan politicians, Taliban meet in Doha

Expressing regret over the 38-year-old Reuters journalist’s death in Kandahar, the Taliban’s spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said, “We are not aware during whose firing the journalist was killed.

Taliban deny role in Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui’s death: Report 

Pakistan on Saturday allowed "up to 4,000 Afghans" into Afghanistan through its border. The strategic town across the border in Afghanistan is held by Taliban. AFP quoted a border official as saying that the move was taken on "humanitarian grounds".

Pakistan allows thousands to cross into Afghanistan through border

"War is the only alternative to intra-Afghan deal," says US special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, while attending the regional connectivity conference in Tashkent. He also said that the recent gains by the Taliban were unexpected.

War is the only alternative to intra-Afghan deal, says US special envoy to Afghanistan

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui was killed in a Taliban strike when he was on a reporting trip along with Afghan security personnel.

Kandahar: India condemns killing of journalist Danish Siddiqui at UNSC

A 10-member delegation of Afghan politicians to visit Doha to hold talks with Taliban, amid escalating violence in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Afghan peace conference in Islamabad has been delayed over support to the Taliban.

Intra-Afghan talks in Doha: New quad group for Afghan peace process

Government officials in a western Afghan province said that they had negotiated "an indefinite ceasefire" with the Taliban to prevent further attacks on the capital of the province. A spokesman for the Taliban however denied any ceasefire agreement and said that they have left the city to avoid civilian casualties.

Officials, Taliban strike ceasefire deal in western Afghan province

Russia on Friday said that it wanted to help kickstart peace talks between warring sides in Afghanistan. This has come after fierce clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban near Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Want to help start Afghan peace talks: Russia

The Taliban has issued a letter asking parents to "gift their daughters" as wives to its terrorists. Women have been told not to leave their homes alone. Men are being asked to grow their beards.

Gravitas: Taliban wants girls above 15 to be "gifted to fighters as wives"

Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Thursday evening alleged that Pakistani forces were supporting the Afghan Taliban after they took control of the Spin Boldak border crossing

Pakistan rejects Afghanistan's claim of providing 'air support' to Taliban

The Taliban has offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for releasing 7,000 jailed fighters. Is this a ploy to consolidate their gains? Palki Sharma tells you why a terrorist talking peace is never genuine.

Gravitas: Taliban offers ceasefire: A ploy to regroup?

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