ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan held the first round of peace talks on Wednesday, with China mediating to broker a durable ceasefire after weeks of fighting, two Pakistani officials said.

After the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban captured an astonishing haul of American military equipment, including Humvees, night-vision gear, and even Black Hawk helicopters. Then ...

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Pakistan has been at war with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime for just under one month. Yet the conflict, which was officially declared by Pakistan the day before the US and Israel launched their strikes ...

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Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the group and the fight against ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said it had released Dennis Coyle, a U.S. citizen detained in the country since early 2025. “Today, after more than a year of captivity in Afghanistan, Dennis Coyle is ...

The Taliban government of Afghanistan released American researcher Dennis Walter Coyle, 64, on Tuesday, ending a 14-month detention. The leader of Afghanistan, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, ...

WASHINGTON − Colorado researcher Dennis Coyle is on his way home from Afghanistan after spending more than a year in Taliban captivity, the U.S. government said on March 24. Secretary of State Marco ...

An American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges has been released and is on his way home, Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler told Fox News. Dennis Coyle, 64, an ...

Dennis Coyle, an American with family ties to Arizona, was released after being held in Taliban custody for over a year. Coyle, previously designated as wrongfully detained by the U.S., was freed on ...