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Pakistan forces kill 22 militants in northwest clash, child killed near Afghan borderPakistani forces eliminated 22 suspected militants in Khyber district near the Afghan border during a fierce exchange of fire. Tragically, ...
Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capitalKabul is undergoing a massive transformation as the Taliban government revives old plans to widen roads. Homes, businesses, and even a grav...
Taliban fighters enter Kabul; helicopters land at US EmbassyThree Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the fighters were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital. T...
Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan? Here’s what we knowOver the past six days, the insurgents have overrun nine provincial capitals across the country, most of them clustered in the north, in a ...
3 more provincial capitals fall to Taliban: Afghan officialsThe fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the...
Servicemen who fled Taliban to Tajikistan being brought back to fight: Afghan government"Those that went to Tajikistan are coming back and are once again going to be in the service of the people and in the defence of Faizabad,"...
Afghan clashes resume after Eid ceasefire as United States troops begin pulloutSecurity forces on Monday began their operations in areas close to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern Helmand province, in whi...
Unidentified gunmen kill two women judges in Afghan capital, several injured in attackSupreme Court of Afghanistan spokesman Ahmad Fahim Qawim, said the women were judges who worked for the high court but he did not identify ...
Over 400 Afghan security personnel killed or wounded by Taliban in past week: GovernmentViolence had dropped across much of Afghanistan since the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire on May 24 to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday...
US hits Taliban with air strike: Military spokesmanNews of the airstrike in southern Helmand province -- the first in 11 days -- came hours after US President Donald Trump told reporters he ...
Taliban attacks kill 20 army, police, hours after Trump call: Officials"Taliban fighters attacked at least three army outposts in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz last night, killing at least 10 soldiers and four ...
Afghan government lost control of record no of districts in 2018: US reportThe losing influence of Afghan security forces is a headache for India, which has invested heavily in various projects in the landlocked co...
Mullah Akhtar Mansour strike shows US getting less patient with Pakistan: US mediaUS drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan was a signal that the Obama administration was becoming ...
Gunfights after resurgent Taliban threaten new Afghan cityAfghan forces repelled the brazen assault yesterday, but it rang security alarm bells as the largely rural insurgency threatens large citie...
- Top general: NATO not losing Afghan war
The top NATO general in Afghanistan said that he rejects the idea that NATO is losing the Afghanistan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban...
- Afghan warlord Hekmatyar claims French ambush
Afghan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has claimed responsibility in a video message for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldie...
- A dozen Taliban killed in Afghan clash
A dozen insurgents were killed after an ambush on a joint patrol of Afghan police and coalition troops.