Taliban riven by dissent
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FUGITIVE Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has had a serious falling-out with some of his lieutenants, who blame him for the rebels&#39; failure to launch a major assault during landmark Afghan presidential elections, the US military said today.
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers on Saturday, but Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote.
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This is the time of year that fighting traditionally tapers off in Afghanistan as winter sets in, so it's probably not too surprising that the Taliban's latest offensive is on the propaganda front.
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overthrew the Taliban militia in late 2001 for refusing to handover al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. coalitions with main rivals, characterised as regional strongmen who rely on ethnic loyalties and private militias.
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A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists Â a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
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Taliban leader Mullah Omar on Tuesday called on foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan and taunted NATO about its capture of the southern town of Musa Qala, saying celebrating such a small victory only showed its weakness.
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KABUL: The Talibanâs one-eyed leader Mulla Omar has lost the confidence of some of his commanders after the failure by Taliban insurgents to disrupt Afghanistanâs first presidential election, the US military said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan says its  Afghan refugee camps are a hotbed of support for a resurgent  Taliban and they should be closed, but it seems no one in the  Pir Alizai camp wants to go home.
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KABUL -- Preying on a weak government and rising public concerns about security, the Taliban is enjoying a military resurgence in Afghanistan and is now staging attacks just outside the capital, according to Western diplomats, private security analysts and aid workers.
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An anti-Taliban general who fought alongside U.S. forces during the 2001 invasion predicted Thursday that a proposal for peace talks will be snubbed by the Islamic militia's hard-liners and foreign fighters but may entice some insurgent factions.
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Pakistan&#39;s military ruler President Pervez Musharraf is battling serious dissent within his own party, weakening a crucial cornerstone of the US-led &quot;war on terror,&quot; analysts and party officials say.
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The U.S. Veep gets a rude Kabul surprise after he travels to the region to ask the reluctant and increasingly cranky Pakistanis to crack down on al-Qaeda and the Taliban
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Pro-Taliban militants have transformed a once-bustling community in northwestern Pakistan into a desolate city under siege.
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Few people would envy Hamid Karzai. The Afghan president finds himself grappling with maintaining stability in the capital while fighting grows ever bloodier in the south. He must also satisfy the conflicting demands of his countrymen and his foreign allies.
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UN push to stop expulsions after Kabul government accuses EU and UN officials of meeting Taliban
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Officials of the U.S.-led coalition lauded Afghan security forces Friday for repulsing Taliban militants in fierce fighting, but raised doubts over Afghan claims that a captured man might be a top rebel leader.
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NATO's estimate of Taliban killed this month has created skepticism and worry in Afghanistan, with local officials saying that either the militant force has grown bigger than imagined &#151; or too many innocent Afghans are being killed.