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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 6 (UPI) -- An Italian war correspondent in Afghanistan was taken prisoner after traveling into a Taliban-controlled area without permission, the group said Tuesday. Daniele Mastrogiacomo of La Repubblica apparently was in an area controlled by Mullah Dadullah, the T
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 1 (UPI) -- The Taliban has assembled hundreds of suicide bombers for a spring offensive against NATO troops in Afghanistan, its top military leader said Thursday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Taliban's military commander was filmed beheading eight Afghan men accused of spying for British and American troops in Afghanistan.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Taliban militia leader Mullah Mohammad Mullah Omar is reportedly guiding his rebel fighters in Afghanistan from a hiding place in Pakistan. The Taliban leader, who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is believed to be in or near Qetta, CNN reports.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 19 (UPI) -- The BBC, quoting Afghani sources, reports Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah has been arrested.
QUETTA, Pakistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A fugitive senior Taliban commander was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by a Pakistan court on Thursday for attempted murder.
KALAT, Afghanistan, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. and Afghan forces have surrounded at least two senior Taliban commanders after three days of intense fighting in southern Afghanistan. More than 100 Taliban fighters have been killed in one of the biggest offensives in two years, the BBC reported Thu
MUSA QALEH, Afghanistan, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- U.S.-led coalition forces have arrested more than 40 suspected Taliban fighters in south Afghanistan, the Voice of America reported Monday.