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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the operational headquarters of the Taliban are based in the Pakistani city of Quetta, U.S. officials claim.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden are hiding in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Pakistani interior minister said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Aug. 20 election in Afghanistan is a test not only for the U.S.-led counterinsurgency, but for the durability of the Taliban and al-Qaida, experts say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 30 (UPI) -- A Taliban "code of conduct" guide seized by NATO forces in Afghanistan says its forces need to be seen as disciplined unit motivated by Islamic principles.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 22 (UPI) -- Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar is directing militant operations in Afghanistan as U.S. and coalition forces prepare for a surge, officials say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 24 (UPI) -- A Taliban leader freed after being detained both at Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan claims he was mistreated by the U.S. military.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's protection offer to Taliban leader Mullah Omar in return for peace talks is meaningless, a Taliban spokesman told CNN.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Mullah Omar, the Taliban head in Afghanistan, will likely not renounce his group's violent ways under a new proposed deal, a White House official said Monday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday he would guarantee the safety of Mullah Omar if the Afghan Taliban leader returned home.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 16 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's president said in a television interview Wednesday that the ongoing war with the Taliban was a regional problem rather than an internal issue.