Taliban say will 'soon' release remaining Turks

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 3 (UPI) -- A statement said Jamal, also known as Mullah Zabiullah, was the second-highest ranking insurgent official in Burkah district of Afghanistan's northeastern Baglan province, and was killed with three followers in a ...

Taliban Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the 11 captives are being investigated and he denied reports that negotiations are underway for their release. Eight Turks, an Afghan translator and two pilotsone from ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 20 (UPI) -- Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said in a statement, "We strongly condemn" Germany's decision "to prolong its occupation as well as the killing and oppression of the persecuted Afghan nation," Khaama ...

SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan, April 14 (UPI) -- Khaama Press reported one or two people died in the attack. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban who claimed responsibility for the attack, said four Afghan police officers were killed and six ...

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack occurred on the second day of a visit to Kabul by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

In an email statement, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed says the four were freed Tuesday afternoon. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed

plane crashed shortly after taking off from Bagram Air Base ( NYT , CNN , WSJ ). Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said militants shot down the plane, but international military officials said there... Share this What others report on the same ...

KABUL, May 20: A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people, including a prominent provincial council chief, outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban quickly claimed ...

Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that authorities say killed at least 14 people, including a senior provincial politician. Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan Province's deputy police chief, said a ...