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ICC provides more details on arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders

The precise contents of the warrants had previously been sealed. Now the court has given more information about the findings of the judges who issued the warrants.

A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul on August 14, 2023. (
Afghan nationals carrying their belongings walk after crossing the border from Iran at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, Afghanistan, September 3, 2026.

Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill nine, Taliban government says

A member of Taliban security forces uses a metal detector amid the rubble of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Gurbuz district of Khost province, Afghanistan, September 24, 2026.

Several Afghan Taliban killed as Pakistan thwarts border attack, sources say

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Taliban celebrate ‘victory day’ five years after seizing power in Afghanistan


Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul

Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as "Long live the resistance" and "Death to Pakistan" marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban takeover.

 Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021

Taliban claim control of Panjshir, promise formation of government 'soon'

The Taliban seized control of the rest of Afghanistan three weeks ago, taking power in Kabul on Aug. 15 after the Western-backed government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

 A  TALIBAN member stands guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30.

Leader of Afghan hold-out region says he is ready to talk with Taliban

Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.

 TALIBAN FORCES stand guard inside Kabul earlier this month.

Taliban say they have entered capital of holdout Afghan region

The Taliban has reported that they reached the capital of Panjshir, the last resistance stronghold in Afghanistan.

 Taliban fighters march in uniforms on the street in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, in this still image taken from social media video uploaded August 19, 2021

Taliban taps Abdul Ghani Baradar as new head of Afghanistan's government

Baradar is the co-founder and de facto leader of the Islamist organization, though in theory serves under Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (front) leaves after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019

Afghan refugee evacuating Kabul used US Jewish group as lifeline

The Jewish Family Services in Seattle was instrumental in the extraction of Tahera and her family from Kabul as the city fell to the Taliban.

 A woman follows a German policeman after disembarking from the last plane arriving with Afghan refugees via Tashkent at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, August 27, 2021.

Afghanistan's last holdout against Taliban suffers heavy casualties

Following the fall of Kabul on Aug. 15, several thousand fighters from local militias and the remnants of army and special forces units have massed in Panjshir.

 Taliban fighters march in uniforms on the street in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, in this still image taken from social media video uploaded August 19, 2021

Questions raised over Afghan animals put ahead of people in Kabul

Animal rescue systems in Kabul raised questions of whether they should be prioritized as much or more than people.

 Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021

Taliban hail victory with gunfire after last US troops leave Afghanistan

The Taliban took control of the airport in Kabul as the last US troops left, ending the 20-year-long war. Many American citizens and Afghans who helped the US have been left behind.

 People with Taliban's flags gather to welcome a man (not pictured) who was released from prison in Afghanistan, upon his arrival at the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan August 16, 2021.

At least 7 Taliban killed by resistance fighters in Panjshir

Taliban forces battled with militia fighters in the Panjshir valley, the last holdout of resistance in Afghanistan.

 TALIBAN FORCES stand guard inside Kabul earlier this month.