Among the casualties was Mawlawi Mujib Rahman Ansari, who had ties to the Taliban and was known for his criticism of the country’s previous Western-backed governments. By The Associated Press Many of ...

Taliban fighters are now in full control of Afghanistan -- here, fighters are seen in the capital Kabul - Copyright AFP NICOLAS TUCAT Taliban fighters are now in full ...

Taliban fighters in Kabul on Monday, a day after the group captured the capital. (Victor J. Blue) The head of the Taliban's political office, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, returned to Afghanistan from ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Carter Malkasian, historian and former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, about Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar and his talk with the CIA director.

Nine days ago, we spoke with historian Carter Malkasian to talk about the leadership of the Taliban, about who specifically might be running Afghanistan in the days to come. Well, today we wanted to ...