This month marked the beginning of the academic year in Afghanistan. Usually it follows immediately after Nowruz, which fell on March 21st this year. But this year, because several festivals — ...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD -- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities and said the allies-turned-foes were in "open war." ...

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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 ...

The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed after a letter from his family that Dennis Coyle "would be pardoned and released" for Eid.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP/AZFamily) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released Arizona native and American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the Foreign Ministry ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the Foreign Ministry saying the release came on ...

Pakistan on Thursday confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in China, where Beijing is mediating to broker a lasting ceasefire after weeks of fighting that have ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday announced that it released a U.S. national who had been detained since January 2025. The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed to the release after ...