Taliban Attacks Afghan Prison

Afghan peace talks are expected to begin within days after authorities announced Monday they would soon start releasing hundreds of Taliban prisoners accused of brutal attacks including on foreigners.

The Afghan Taliban have released a striking new picture of late founder Mullah Omar from his days as a religious student, the only known image of the reclusive leader before he lost his right eye in battle.

Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempts to bring the Taliban to the table for talks lie in tatters, for now. In a seven-hour-long attack, the Taliban killed over 50 people and injured 100 others. Nine militants in army uniforms and in security force vehicles mounted an assault on a court complex in Farah city, the capital of the south western Fara...

Afghan peace talks are expected to begin within days after authorities announced Monday they would soon start releasing hundreds of Taliban prisoners accused of brutal attacks including on foreigners.

The Afghan Taliban have released a striking new picture of late founder Mullah Omar from his days as a religious student, the only known image of the reclusive leader before he lost his right eye in battle.

Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempts to bring the Taliban to the table for talks lie in tatters, for now. In a seven-hour-long attack, the Taliban killed over 50 people and injured 100 others. Nine militants in army uniforms and in security force vehicles mounted an assault on a court complex in Farah city, the capital of the south western Fara...