...battle-scarred region of Pakistan for exposing the Taliban's atrocities and advocating for girls...religious extremists. On Tuesday, the Taliban nearly killed her to quiet her message...Makai for the BBC about life under the Taliban, and began speaking out publicly in 2009...

...supposed partners in the fight against Taliban insurgents and other militants, officials...say whether any were connected to the Taliban or other insurgent groups, but noted...had confirmed or suspected links to the Taliban. The militants have sometimes infiltrated...

...Malala Yousafazai, a young teenager, was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan because she advocated for girls' education...and the other is in critical condition. In 2009, after the Taliban passed the edict that girls weren't allowed to participate...

...the war's biggest battle, residents long for Taliban ruleMARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) - Nearly three...years of war, many here long for a return of the Taliban. They say that under the Taliban, who routinely punished thieves by cutting off...

...in the mountains of Afghanistan, with Evenson as part of the vanguard.But when the squad came under fire from a number of Taliban fighters - Evenson said Friday he does not know how many there were - and several soldiers were hit, Evenson sprang into action...

...among Afghanistan's tunnels and caves. Taliban fighters surrendering Saturday in their...Pakistani territory Saturday during a raid on Taliban positions along the mountainous frontier...targets'' throughout Afghanistan as Taliban or al-Qaida forces revealed themselves...

...20-year-old Californian who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan, was charged Tuesday with...Afghanistan and a decision last year to join the Taliban. Friends have described Lindh as an intelligent...engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban, Ashcroft said. The Bush administration...

...herself a Christian, yet the values she expressed more closely resemble those of a fundamentalist Muslim, certainly not those so called Christian values. Yes, Ms. Shannon you are about as funny as the Taliban. Erik Huebsch Kasilof

On June 19, David Rohde, a journalist for the New York Times, went "over the wall" escaping from a Taliban compound. Many watched with interest as he was reunited with love ones. This story reminded me of an Alaskan who was taken prisoner...

...a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and U.S. officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars.The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of concern...