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Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been Omar's long-term deputy.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar's alliance with Bin Laden lost him Afghanistan and may have cost him his life.

Targeted outpost was flying Afghan flag when the American helicopters opened fire, local official says.

Ahmad, who was extradited to the US after 10 years in UK prisons, thanks God for his freedom.

The explosion occurred at a military roadblock near Camp Chapman's entrance in Khost.

Hafiz Saeed, key Isis commander in Afghanistan, among 30 militants killed in US airstrike.

Influential jihadist was sacked by Pakistani Taliban (TTP) for pledging allegiance to Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Envoy admits security forces are at limit but says they are resilient as insurgents attempt to take territory.

Afghan Taliban has warned Isis fighters not to attempt running a parallel insurgency in the war-torn country.

BREAKING: Gunfire between Islamist insurgents and security forces lasts for several hours.

Janson Yu and Liyan Hu projected holographic statues to revive the ancient Buddhas destroyed in 2001.

Christians and other non-Muslims are perpetually fearful about being targets of the next accusation.

Afghan government confirms meeting, but says discussions took place in non-official capacity.

Hampshire, known as Mic, was engaged to be married.

Car bomb in Afghanistan has killed a British national working with the European Police force.

Police and army dispatched to scene of attack in upscale Kola Pusha area of Afghan capital.

People belonging to Ismaili Shiite community among 47 dead as six motorcycle-borne men storm bus.

Sharif to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his visit.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for helicopter crash saying it targeted PM Nawaz Sharif.

Officials say that the insurgents are willing to talk to the Afghani government about ending the conflict.

Pregnant Pennsylvanian and husband were grabbed in 2012 in Afganistan.

Pakistani Taliban, locally known as Tehreek-e-Taliban, warns its enemies will soon face the group's wrath.

Workers at dam site in Turbat were from Sindh and Punjab provinces.

Islamist group publishes 5,000-word biography of Mullah Omar containing all his personal details.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a demonstration against corruption in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on 2 April, killing 17 people and injuring at least 50 more, government officials said.

BREAKING: Group of unknown gunmen randomly open fire at civilian passengers in midnight attack on highway.

French teacher suspended for five days after she referring to Muslim student as 'the raghead Taliban'.

Groups is attempting to rally disaffected radicals, UN Security Council hears.

The Ku Klux Klan isn't declining; in fact it is burgeoning as a 21-century terror group.

Taliban claims responsibility for suicide car bomb attack reportedly targeting Turkey's ambassador Ismail Aramaz.