Mullah Omar lived next to US Afghan base
- 11-Mar-2019
Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book
New Taliban chief Akhundzada a scholar, not a soldier
- 25-May-2016
KABUL: Religious scholar Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, named Wednesday as the Afghan Taliban's new leader, was a senior judge during the insurgent group's five-year rule over Afghanistan and issued many of its harsh verdicts.
Taliban leader Mansour: man of war, not peace talks
- 22-May-2016
KABUL: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour took over as head of the insurgent movement last July following the revelation that the group's founder Mullah Omar had been dead for two years.
U.S. confirms participation in Afghan peace talks
- 09-Jan-2016
WASHINGTON: Spokesman of the United States State Department John Kirby has said that the country will participate in the quadrilateral Afghan peace process set to take place in Pakistan next week, ARY News reported.
Taliban vow to release audio message to prove leader still alive
- 05-Dec-2015
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban Saturday said they would soon release an audio message from leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, in a bid to quash fevered speculation that he was killed in an internal firefight.
Taliban's Mullah Omar died of natural causes in Afghanistan, says son
- 14-Sep-2015
PESHAWAR: Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban, died of natural causes in Afghanistan, his son said in a statement calling for unity and quashing rumours about his father's mysterious death amid a leadership dispute.
Afghan Taliban admit covering up Mullah Omar’s death
- 31-Aug-2015
KABUL: The Taliban on Monday admitted covering up longtime leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years, saying he died in 2013 as was first claimed by the Afghan intelligence.
At least 20 dead in Kabul police academy attack: officials
- 07-Aug-2015
KABUL: At least 20 Afghan cadets were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up at the entrance of Kabul Police Academy on Friday, officials said.
Khawaja Asif denies claims about Mullah Omar’s death in Pakistan
- 07-Aug-2015
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Defence Khawaja Asif has termed the claims about Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death in Pakistan as 'baseless'.
Who was Mullah Akhtar Mansour?
- 31-Jul-2015
The Afghan Taliban's newly appointed chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor is said to be in his mid-40s and from Afghanistan's Kandahar province in the country's southeastern Pashtun heartland -- close to the border with Pakistan. <style>.video-ad {display:none;}</style>