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Resurgent Taliban threaten US exit strategy for Afghanistan
A New York Times article at the weekend suggests the Afghan police and army, whose efficiency was used to justify the US and British exit, are not up to the job.
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Afghan forces are fighting to regain control of the city of Kunduz after it became the first provincial city to be seized by the Taliban since the 2001 US-led invasion.
The Taliban has taken a key Afghanistan city, the first provincial capital that the group has seized since losing power in 2001, in a major embarrassment for the government.
Afghan Taliban militants storm a prison in the central city of Ghazni, killing police officers and releasing more than 350 inmates.
Channel 4 News has learned that the dead Afghan Taliban chief’s relatives are refusing to swear allegiance to his successor.
Akhtar Mansoor calls for unity among the jihadi group in a new audio recording – but Mullah Omar’s replacement is already causing bitter divisions in the Islamist militant group.
The office of the Afghan president confirms in a statement that the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Omar, died two years ago.
The Taliban attacks the symbolic heart of Afghanistan’s fragile new democracy as the new defence minister is sworn in.
Ten men are jailed for 25 years each for their role in 2012 Pakistan Taliban shooting attack on education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai.
The Pakistan Taliban claim a suicide attack inside a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which has killed 19 people and injured dozens more.
The Taliban has declared victory in Afghanistan as the era of American occupation comes to an end. Channel 4 News talks to a top Taliban commander about his view on western intervention.
Pakistan lifts its moratorium on the death penalty for terrorists as the funerals of the 141 people killed in the Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school begin.
A Taliban attack on a Pakistani school leaves scores of children dead, 121 more injured and several staff killed, according to estimates from the Pakistan army.
The Taliban in Afghanistan release a new video detailing an operation inside Camp Bastion, Helmand province, just over a month after British troops handed over control of the base.
A New York Times article at the weekend suggests the Afghan police and army, whose efficiency was used to justify the US and British exit, are not up to the job.
The Afghanistan Taliban claims responsibility for setting fire to 200 oil tankers – which it says were delivering fuel to Nato forces – near Kabul.