While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.

Last year, during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden pledged his administration would not allow the new Taliban ... the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in ...

The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation ...

The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...

The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans ... U.S. drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. In addition to Rahim ...

The Taliban government takes security measures ... the corrupt “apostate” regimes in the Islamic world. Led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda today comprises disparate networks around the globe ...

Drafting a new constitution remains another challenge, with Al-Julani projecting a two- to three-year process. Meanwhile, the ...

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.