The move was a significant shift toward leaders of the Haqqani network, which was behind some of the deadliest attacks during ...

The Taliban has admitted that it has two American prisoners, whose freedom it will only grant in return for the release of ...

A Georgia man held by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since December 2022 was on his way back to the US Thursday after Trump ...

Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received ...

George Glezmann was detained while traveling in the country after the Taliban’s victory in the war. Secretary of State Marco ...

The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is praising Qatar for helping the U.S. secure the release of an American held by the Taliban for more than two years ...

Pakistan said its security forces killed 16 militants in a remote northwestern border area as they tried to enter the country from neighboring Afghanistan.

The FBI and Habibi’s family have said they believe Habibi was taken by Taliban forces, but the Taliban has denied holding him. Representatives for Habibi on Thursday cited what they said was ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that George Glezmann, who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan for two and a half ...

Boehler was accompanied on his trip by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. special representative ... that Mr. Habibi was taken by Taliban military or security forces and has not been heard from ...

WASHINGTON — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration ...