How did the Taliban retake Afghanistan after two decades of U.S. support and training? This video unpacks the deeper causes — from corruption, “ghost soldiers,” and dependency on American airpower to Pakistan’s covert backing and the failures of nation-building.

The threat of war between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is looming once again. Meetings between the two sides, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, have ended without any results.

Pakistan cannot blame anyone but itself for the challenges it now faces: it nurtured and supported the Afghan Taliban for decades.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks.

Pakistan's defence minister threatened on Wednesday to "obliterate" the ruling Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan, a dramatic escalation of rhetoric after the collapse of talks towards a lasting peace between the South Asian nations.

Afghanistan occupies a central position in Tehran’s changing playbook, as the country is both a risk and a buffer for Iran.

Taliban’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi visiting India was seen as a regional security threat by Pakistan, earlier reports had claimed

Khawaja Asif accused the Taliban government of harbouring fighters of TTP, the militant group responsible for a string of deadly attacks inside Pakistan.

As Pakistan continues to claim that the Taliban are acting at India’s behest, India has said that Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising its sovereignty.

Pakistan’s defense minister has warned Afghanistan that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response