The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation official under the previous Nato-backed government of Afghanistan and George Glezmann, a tourist. The Taliban have not acknowledged holding Mr Habibi in their custody, and details about his condition are unknown.

While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since

When announcing the U.S. airstrike that killed Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri... A Taliban spokesman announced on Thursday that the group was investigating the United States’ “claim” to ...

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The recent developments in Syria represent a new form of political change, the characteristics of which we will better understand in the future. But there is no doubt that these events are part of the Arab Spring.

[2] However, al-Jolani’s announcement was undertaken without consulting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the emir of al-Qaeda, and created significant tension within the organization.[3] Today, HTS maintains that it is “an independent entity that follows no ...