While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

[William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland] Burns has brought an ... Burns went to Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after the fall of Kabul, to meet the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar.

[William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland] Burns ... shortly after the fall of Kabul, to meet the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar. Sending a senior diplomat, perhaps the secretary of ...

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) announced The Honorable William J. Burns, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Career Ambassador, will receive the organization ...

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian Barnes ...

More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country's new leaders insist they have improved people's lives, but for years the Taliban has ruled with an iron fist ...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan announced ... but U.S. officials and relatives identified them as Ryan Corbett, 42, and William Wallace McKenty, 69. “We celebrate the release of Ryan Corbett ...

Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery. CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members ...

A source close to Taliban Interior Minister Sirajudding Haqqani told CBS News' Ahmad Mukhtar that the second American released as part of the swap was William McKenty, the same name reported ...

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.