Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan

Taliban name caretaker Cabinet that pays homage to old guard

Afghanistan

Mullah Hasan Akhund to serve as interim prime minister for unspecified time, with the Taliban giving no indication of holding elections in the future.

Taliban special forces fighters stand guard outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan journalist breaks down the sociological makeup of today’s Taliban

Afghanistan
A young boy is shown with his right hand up to his face shielding the sun with armored military vehicles shown in the distance.

Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad

The World

Bill Keller explains why The New York Times held the story of captured Taliban commander

Global Politics