Afghanistan's intelligence services said on Monday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had 'disappeared from his hideout' in Quetta, Pakistan, up to five days ago but could not confirm his death.

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Troops recaptured Pakistan's naval air force headquarters on Monday after a 16-hour battle with Taliban gunmen who had stormed the facility in the most brazen attack since the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan, Xinhua cited a private television channel as stating on Monday.

"Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan,

Pakistan's Taliban said on Friday it had attacked a U.S. consulate convoy in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar, the latest in a surge of violence since U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osam

The Taliban once banned all television, music and cinema in Afghanistan, but now they are fighting their war via Twitter, the online messaging network that revolutionised global communication.

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Embarassed by the May 2 SEALs raid on Abbottabad, that killed Osama Bin Laden, the ISI are now scrambling resources to help the US track the one-eyed Mullah Omar - the Taliban's spiritual leader.

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The Taliban declared the start of a spring offensive across Afghanistan on Saturday, warning they would target foreign troops, as well as Afghan security forces and top government officials, in a wave

Nearly 500 Taliban prisoners have escaped from Kandahar prison in southern Afghanistan through a tunnel hundreds of metres long, officials said today.

The Taliban said it was behind the huge jail

Turkey may agree to hosting a Taliban office to help reconciliation efforts in conflict-torn Afghanistan, a senior Turkish diplomat said on Tuesday.

"We have always said that Turkey is ready to do an

Islamabad: Authorities shut down streets and police marksmen stood guard around Islamabad's main church on Friday ahead of the funeral mass of minister Shahbaz Bhatti, shot dead by suspected Islamic e