Taliban

Taliban Leader Promises More Attacks

By PBS News Hour

Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan, released a statement Thursday promising renewed attacks on coalition troops this summer.

U.S. to Launch Major Offensive Against Taliban in Spring

By PBS News Hour

The U.S. military is planning to step up its pursuit of Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan in the spring, unnamed U.S. officials told several media outlets Wednesday.

Second American-Born Taliban Headed to U.S.

Defense and Justice Department officials are discussing the legal future of a second U.S.-born prisoner from the war in Afghanistan.

Bombing Aimed At Al-Qaida, Taliban Pockets in East

As the U.S. military bombing campaign in Afghanistan entered its fourth month, allied planes continued to target suspected terrorist camps in the eastern part of the country.

U.S. Captures More Al-Qaida and Taliban Prisoners

As U.S. forces continue the cave-by-cave search near Tora Bora and interrogate al-Qaida and Taliban troops, a deadly prison revolt in Pakistan ends with thirteen dead.

Taliban Abandons Kandahar

Taliban fighters Friday fled from the city of Kandahar, the former ruling militia's final stronghold in Afghanistan.

Taliban Agrees to Surrender Kandahar

The Taliban will surrender Kandahar and begin handing over weapons Friday, according to the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan.

Pentagon Targeting Taliban and Al-Qaida Leadership

By Admin

U.S. airstrikes today focused on a compound near Kandahar believed to be occupied by senior Taliban and al-Qaida officials. Pentagon officials said it's unclear if any of those officials were killed in the attacks.

Foreign Aid Workers Freed From Taliban Prison

By Admin

Eight foreign aid workers detained in Afghanistan for over three months were freed by anti-Taliban forces early Thursday morning and whisked out of Afghanistan by U.S. Special Forces helicopters.

Alliance Moves Toward Kunduz; Taliban Leader Defiant

U.S. warplanes focused their latest military assault on Kunduz, the last major town in Northern Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. According to an opposition commander, some 20,000 Taliban fighters and al-Qaida members remain in the town.