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Who is Ben Roberts-Smith? Former decorated Australian soldier arrested for war crimes in Afghanistan; all you need to knowAustralia's decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crimes allegations after a five-year investigation. Arrested at Sydney airport,...
Pakistan and Afghanistan hold talks in China to end 'worst conflict'Pakistan and Afghanistan are meeting in Urumqi, China. Senior officials from both nations are engaged in discussions. China is hosting and ...
Pakistan says holding talks with Afghan government in ChinaPakistan and Afghanistan have opened talks in China’s Urumqi to ease months of tension triggered by cross-border attacks. Pakistan says it ...
Pakistan’s Zardari warns Afghanistan: Drone strikes crossed “red line”In a dramatic escalation of tensions, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan has sharply rebuked the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, dec...
Afghan special forces arrest Pak-trained top Daesh terroristsSpecial forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have captured key Daesh members involved in various attacks, seizing weapons and explo...
US trained Afghan special forces joining Russian establishment for Ukraine battleHuman Rights Watch has said more than 100 former Afghan soldiers, intelligence officers and police were killed or forcibly “disappeared” ju...
Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipmentThe United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government, according to sources, much of ...
Taliban deny reports of US airstrikes in Helmand, say they detonated mines"The rumours that indicate an airstrike was conducted in Shurab of Helmand and that it inflicted casualties, are not true. However, old min...
Before pullout, watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapseBiden announced in April that the last 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops would leave along with NATO's 7,500 troops, following a deal reached with th...
America pays four billion dollars to Afghan forces; Who is watching?Nearly $83 billion has been spent to build, equip, train and sustain Afghanistan's National Defense and Security Forces, which include the ...
First task for Afghan forces is to slow Taliban's momentum: United States' DefSec Lloyd AustinThe politically perilous strategy appears to be a military necessity as over-stretched Afghan troops try to prevent the loss of provincial ...
Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted awayIt also underlined the difficulty in facing an enemy that mixes open assaults on checkpoints, villages, towns and cities with hit-and-run t...
Afghan president replaces two top ministers, army chief as violence growsSince the United States announced plans in April to pull out all of its troops by Sept. 11, at least 30 districts have been seized by the T...
United States pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan armyAn Afghan army officer at Kandahar Airfield, who asked not to be named, told AFP that government forces would be left exposed by the pullou...
Afghan group probes reports of twenty civilians killed in KhostThe reports first surfaced on Sunday, when residents from the province's Saberi district said pro-government forces, the so-called intellig...
Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan's Jalalabad, at least 24 die in Islamic State attackSome 30 militants involved in the attack on the prison, where some 2,000 prisoners were held, according to Sohrab Qaderi, a lawmaker in the...
Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacksThe decision not to release the data comes as the Trump administration is eager for the U.S.-Taliban agreement to be seen as successful so ...
Afghanistan may hand over 13 Indian ISIS fighters under extradition treatyKabul’s decision came after India and Afghanistan last Sunday formalised the operation of their bilateral extradition treaty, sources told ...
Any US military role in Afghan after peace would be conditions-based: Mattis"Any US military coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions-based, worked out with the Afghan government and depend on t...
Situation in Afghanistan remains challenging: USUS and Afghan governments agree that the best way to ensure lasting peace and security in Afghanistan is through an Afghan-led and Afghan-o...