May 29 Taliban Won't Hand Over Osama Bin Laden The fundamentalist Islamic group that controls 95 percent of Afghanistan said today it would not hand over accused terrorist Osama bin Laden, despite mounting pressure from the U.S. Continue reading
May 24 Taliban Defends Plan for Labeling Non-Muslims Spokesmen for Afghanistan's ruling Taliban today blasted foreign governments for launching a "propaganda drive" against them. Continue reading
May 22 Taliban to Require Identity Badges for Non-Muslims Leaders of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban announced today that non-Muslims will soon be required to wear identifying badges on their clothing. Continue reading
Mar 14 Taliban Closes BBC's Afghanistan Office The leaders of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban told the British Broadcasting Corporation Wednesday to close down its office in Kabul, accusing the media outlet of bias in its coverage of the group's destruction of ancient statues of Buddha. Continue reading