PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...

Back in 2000, following a meeting with Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban envoy to Pakistan, Vijay K Nambiar, India’s High Commissioner to Islamabad at the time, assessed the chances of engagement ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer, and Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino taking the helm of the U.S. men’s national team ahead of the 2026 World Cup ...

Mauricio Pochettino is casting his eye over the next generation of USMNT as he leads a new-look squad through the January training camp in Miami. The team will take on Venezuela on Saturday with a ...

India's engagement with the Taliban-led Afghan government is redefining South Asia's political landscape. A significant meeting between India and the Taliban discussed trade through Iran's ...

With the USMNT building towards the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held on home soil, there is a mix of excitement and trepidation with how the squad under Mauricio Pochettino will fare. Much of that ...

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The first high level diplomatic meeting held between India and the Taliban leadership marked a significant step in rebuilding New Delhi’s influence in Afghanistan, according to analysts.

As his separation from Kyle Richards continues to make waves on Bravo, Mauricio Umansky is moving on. “Mauricio’s living his best life right now,” a source shares exclusively in the latest ...

The Doha Agreement, signed in February 2020 by Trump and representatives of the Taliban, required U.S. troops to leave the country by May 2021. There was also a more critical and elemental ...