ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A leading Taliban operative in Pakistan was captured Monday after being wounded by Pakistani forces in Baluchistan province, military officials said.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- One of the top military leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan has been fired for failing to obey orders.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Taliban video released this week shows recruits promising to go to Britain and carry out a suicide attack against "a place of crucial importance.”

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Taliban leader said in a video message that Osama bin Laden is alive and well and in communication with extremists on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 7 (UPI) -- Spokesmen for the Taliban said Afghan officials gave them the body of a commander killed last month in exchange for the release of hostages held since March.

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 6 (UPI) -- Between 20 and 30 Taliban fighters were killed Tuesday when NATO helicopters sank their boat on the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 14 (UPI) -- A Taliban spokesman confirmed the killing of top commander Mullah Dadullah in Afghanistan, China's official Xinhua news agency reported Monday. The report said Taher Afghan, described as a Taliban spokesman, spoke to the news agency from an undisclosed pl

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 13 (UPI) -- The Taliban's top military commander has been killed in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, it was reported Sunday.

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 25 (UPI) -- A senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan says Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden are both alive, al-Jazeera reported Wednesday. In an interview, Mullah Dadullah also said bin Laden had directed an attack against U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during Cheney