Saudi Arabia may be making more than just peace with the Taliban. ... Afghanistan: Is Saudi Peddling Peace or Influence? Published Dec 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, ...

Saudi Ties to Afghanistan Saudi Arabia’s ties to Afghanistan exploded into view on September 11, 2001. Saudi national Osama bin Laden, the 9/11 mastermind and al-Qaeda chieftain, was given ...

Saudi Arabia's support for Afghanistan has been steady but inconspicuous over the years. But that is about to change. The powerful Sunni-majority kingdom is embarking on a very public effort to ...

Saudi Arabia was one of three countries, along with the UAE and Pakistan, to officially recognise the Taliban when the group ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.

Saudi Arabia has a long history in Afghanistan as well. Riyadh and private Saudi citizens and charities have spent substantial money in Afghanistan since that country’s war with the Soviet Union. For ...

Once allies, Saudi Arabia and the Taliban have been divided by war, betrayal, and 9/11. As Afghanistan changes and Middle East relations shift, the two won't rekindle ties, but another nation is ...

Playing a greater role in Afghanistan peace efforts would offer Saudi Arabia another chance to compete with Qatar, the tiny Gulf state with which it and the UAE are locked in a bitter dispute.

It's been three months since the U.S. withdrew its forces from Afghanistan, but America's involvement there didn't begin after Sept. 11, 2001. It began decades earlier, after the Soviet Union ...

Saudi Arabia, home to 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers, ... Saudi Arabian national Yaser Esam Hamdi is seen after being captured in Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2011.

China and Saudi Arabia expressed aligned policies on a range of areas from security to oil in a joint statement Friday, adding they will support each other while not interfering in each other’s ...