Topic: Qari Yousef Ahmadi

Taliban says Afghan stress weakened Holbrooke

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday diplomat Richard Holbrooke was a "giant of American politics and diplomacy" but had been weakened by the challenge of trying to end a war that has dragged on for nearly a decade.Taliban Spokesman ...
Attackers gouge out Afghan man's eyes; Taliban denies responsibilityArmed assailants attacked a man and gouged out his eyes in front of his family during a gruesome assault in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.Sayed Ghulam, 52, was recovering in a hospital ...
U.S.-led coalition troops battling suspected militants in southern Afghanistan lobbed a grenade that destroyed a house and killed 15 militants as well as a civilian woman and two children, the coalition said Monday.A roadside bomb in the east killed ...

Taliban deny spokesman arrested

Purported Taliban Spokesman Denies Interior Ministry Report That He Was CapturedA man claiming to be a leading Taliban spokesman on Thursday denied a government report that he had been arrested, while a police official said it was possible the person being held ...

Taliban scales back talks offer

Taliban Spokesman Says U.S. Forces Must Leave Afghanistan Before Talks Can Be HeldA Taliban spokesman said Wednesday that U.S. and other military forces must leave Afghanistan before the militant group would consider holding peace talks with the Afghan government, backtracking ...

Taliban threatens more kidnappings

Taliban Warns of More Kidnappings, Says Hostages' Fate Rests in U.S., Afghan Leaders' HandsThe Taliban will keep kidnapping foreigners in Afghanistan, a purported spokesman for the group said Monday, as the Afghan and U.S. presidents ruled out making any concessions ...

Taliban warns of more kidnappings

The Taliban will keep kidnapping foreigners in Afghanistan, a purported spokesman for the group said Monday, as the Afghan and U.S. presidents ruled out making any concessions to secure the release of 21 South Koreans.Two of the hostages seized nearly ...
The Taliban will keep kidnapping foreigners in Afghanistan, a purported spokesman for the group said Monday, as the Afghan and U.S. presidents ruled out making any concessions for the release of 21 South Korean hostages.Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to ...
A purported Taliban spokesman said Monday that the militants will continue kidnapping foreigners in Afghanistan, as Afghan doctors dropped medicines for the ailing South Korean hostages held by the group since July 19.Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the ...
The Taliban offered Friday to hold talks with South Korean officials in Afghan government-controlled territory over the fate of 21 hostages if the U.N. guaranteed the safety of the militant delegation.The offer, made by a purported Taliban spokesman, comes as ...