All news on the topic: Taliban

As billions of U.S. dollars flowed in to rebuild Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many contractors were accused of skimming reconstruction funds.

Ben McBean, who lost an arm and a leg to a landmine blast in Helmand Province in 2008, was furious to receive the blue badge refusal for not "officially meet[ing] the criteria"

Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'

Aditya Verma, 20, who is now studying at Bath University, told his pals in a private Snapchat group: “On my way to blow up the plane, I’m a member of the Taliban”

Aditya Verma, 20, is facing a fine and compensation bill worth at least £100,000 for what he described as a 'moment of madness' and a ‘joke’ made on holiday

Tobias Ellwood said that the majority of Taliban members aren't fundamentalists, claiming many join the group for social and tribal reasons

Despite a big prize at stake, contestant Jonny Holloway has hinted he has already won far more than money can buy after battling back from being blown up by an IED in Afghanistan.

Miles Routledge, who has styled himself as an intrepid Christian explorer, was detained by the Taliban in Kabul for eight months, and developed a relationship with younger members

Jacqui Kunz, from New York in the US, is officially the 'Most Intrepid Traveller' in the world according to NomadMania and has been to some of the most dangerous places in the world

Former Marine Jon White is refusing to let his experience in Afghanistan where a Taliban bomb made him a triple-amputee get in the way of becoming an Olympic champion

The notorious cleric Abu Hamza claims he should be released from Colorado’s supermax prison ADX Florence - known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies - under compassionate grounds

The Ministry of Defence has been given a fine of £350,000 for a data breach in which it revealed the personal details of 265 people who were fleeing the Talibans in Afghanistan

Nitazenes are 50 times as powerful as fentanyl and have already lead to deaths in the UK - and the terrifying drug could now spark a gang war too as it becomes more influential due to a reduced supply of heroin

'Thought leaders' are those who specialise in a certain subject and lead the way with a unique point of view. But who are the world’s 50 top thought leaders across all different topics? We take a look…

British aid worker Ian Purchase, 50, who was held hostage in solitary confinement by the Taliban for five months has told how the mental battle was hardest to deal with in his cell

After being jailed for five years and placed on the sex offender's register, the Upper Tribunal court allowed the now-freed man's appeal to remain in the UK on human rights grounds

Tracy Schandler Walder worked with the CIA’s counter-terrorism unit on the day of the 911 attack. Now she has opened up on her feelings of guilt, saying: “I have no other words other than ‘I’m sorry’”

More than 30 of the former British Council teachers are still in hiding in Afghanistan, while another 50 are trapped in cramped hotels after fleeing across the border to Pakistan

Biden and Sunak are right to show disgust at the Hamas atrocities and back Israel’s right to defend itself. But they should also show sympathy for the guiltless Palestinians dying in the current conflict

Elham Barakzai escaped Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power in 2021. She thanks the people who helped her to adapt to life in a strange new country and wants to help others by working as a GP

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck outside the city of Herat just days after another shock wiped out entire villages killing more than 2,000 people - 90 per cent of which were women

UN aid specialist Kevin Cornwell, who suffered from a life-threatening illness during his captivity, was set free along with 'extreme tourist' YouTuber Miles Routledge

Sabir Zazai, chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, told a Labour Party Conference event that if he arrived now he would be 'threatened with Rwanda' and 'treated like a criminal'

Miles Routledge, 23, who goes by Lord Miles on YouTube, was arrested for withdrawing $1000 from a Western Union back in March and had not been heard from until this week