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Afghan officials say Pakistani strikes killed 7, wounded 85 in first attacks since peace talksMortars and missiles from Pakistan struck a university and homes in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, killing seven and wounding 85. Pakistan d...
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...
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 ...
Afghans race to flee Taliban after Biden confirms airlift deadlineMore than 70,000 people have already been evacuated, but huge crowds remain outside Kabul airport hoping to flee the threat of reprisals an...
Blood and billions of dollars: NATO's long war in AfghanistanThe foreign troops in the country are preparing to complete their withdrawal by the end of the month and have left local Afghan forces to f...
The war in Afghanistan: How it started and how it is endingThe Taliban military victories, especially in northern Afghanistan, where opposition to the militants has traditionally been strongest, pro...
Pakistani army: Afghan soldiers flee attack, cross borderThe statement said 46 members of the Afghan forces, including five officers, crossed the border late Sunday near the Pakistani border town ...
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 ...
As Taliban advances, Afghan military overhauls war strategy to limit lossesU.S. intelligence assessments have warned that the Afghan government could fall in as little as six months, U.S. officials told Reuters. On...
More than 1,000 Afghan troops flee Taliban into Tajikistan"They did not want to surrender. They had asked for reinforcements but their call was ignored," said Abdul Basir, a soldier based with a ba...
Pentagon seeks to soften blow of United States withdrawal from Afghanistan“Our leaving does not end the war. It just ends the American involvement,” said John Allen, a retired four-star Marine Corps general who co...
Afghan troops suffer 'shockingly high' casualties as violence mountsThe Taliban seized Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Monday and forced Afghan troops to retreat to nearby villages after a heavy...
Taliban, Afghan forces clash as United States hands over baseThe Taliban and government forces clashed across several provinces, the ministry said, including in the former insurgent bastion of Kandaha...
US, Afghan forces come under 'direct fire' in eastern Afghanistan: US officialThe nature of the violence was not immediately clear. One Afghan official said the two sides had "clashed", while another source told AFP a...
Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing closed after tension over its fencingThe Friendship Gate near Chaman in Balochistan province in south-west was closed on Sunday after troops of the two sides exchanged fire abo...
- Relationship with India, Pakistan not a zero sum game: Pentagon
Pentagon also said that its success in Afghanistan is very much dependent on a strong constructive relationship with Pakistan.
- 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...