At least 100 dead, wounded in northern Afghanistan mosque blast targeted at ShiitesIf confirmed, the death toll in Friday's attack would be the highest in an attack by militants since U.S. and NATO troops left Afghanistan ...
A week into Taliban rule, one city’s glimpse of what the future may hold“I said that our jihad is not with the municipality; our jihad is against the occupiers and those who defend the occupiers,” Elias told The...
Taliban's rank-and-file pose for selfies and are all smiles as they capture Afghan citiesAccording to an AFP report, as residents of Kunduz fled the northern Afghan city in fear for their lives this week, its Taliban captors wer...
Taliban seizes attack chopper ‘gifted by India’ to Afghanistan Air ForceThe Mi 24 attack helicopter, a versatile gunship of Russian origin, seems to have been abandoned by Afghan forces and is no longer in opera...
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...
Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
Fear and misery in an Afghanistan city where the Taliban stalks the streetsThe Taliban are pressing in on all sides of Kunduz, a provincial capital of roughly 374,000 in Afghanistan's north, as the Afghan governmen...
Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gainsFighting around Imam Sahib district began late Sunday and by midday Monday the Taliban had overrun the district headquarters and were in co...
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 ...
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...
Suicide attack targets foreign forces convoy in KabulNo group has claimed responsibility for the powerful blast, but it comes just days after the Taliban overran northern Kunduz city.
Pentagon to make 'condolence payments' to Kunduz victimsThe Pentagon announced it would make payments in compensation for those killed and injured by US airstrikes on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghan...
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani appoints investigators for Kunduz airstrikeThe team would be led by the former head of the national intelligence agency Amrullah Saleh, he said, and would report to the president.
Obama expresses deepest condolences over Kunduz attackThe Department of Defense has launched a full investigation, Obama said, adding that he will await the results of that inquiry before makin...
Pakistan must dismantle terror sanctuaries: Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah AbdullahPakistan must keep its promise to crackdown on insurgents operating out of terror sanctuaries in the country, the Afghan Chief Executive ha...