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Sequestration, or confiscating something of value, gave pause to reassess a U.S. defense budget that is now 46 percent of the entire world’s defense spending.
At least 12 Taliban prisoners, including senior officials, have been released by Pakistan, Taliban and Afghan officials said Saturday.
Some senior Taliban officials are ready to accept a long-term U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, a not-yet-released report indicates.
Officials say documents found in the house where Osama bin Laden was killed show the close ties between the Taliban and al-Qaida.
A fundamental flaw in geostrategic judgment is the erroneous belief that Taliban and al-Qaida are one and the same; they aren’t.
Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was never on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, an agency spokesman said.
The Pakistan imbroglio that baffled the retiring U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a blend of overheated rhetoric, unhinged hyperbole and multidimensional chess.
A lengthy message reportedly written by the leader of the Afghan Taliban predicts "imminent victory" over NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The Afghan intelligence bureau cannot confirm whether Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who disappeared from his hideout, is alive, a spokesman said.
Afghan private TV channels Monday reported Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had been killed in Pakistan but the Taliban denied the reports, Xinhua said.
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