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UK defence minister says on Afghanistan: al Qaeda will probably come back"I'm absolutely worried that failed states are breeding grounds for those types of people," Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky when ask...- Taliban captures Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand: Police officialOn Thursday, the Taliban also seized the historic central city of Ghazni, 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Kabul.
- Taliban press advance after capturing two major Afghan citiesThe seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals a...
- Nearly four lakh people newly displaced in Afghanistan by conflict since start of year: United NationsThe US has already pulled back most of its forces from Afghanistan and is looking to complete the drawdown by August 31, ending nearly two-...
- Fighting rages in Afghan south after Taliban's weekend blitzThe insurgents have for weeks been trying to take Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- both with Pashtun majorities from where the Taliban draw thei...
- 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 ...
- Airstrikes pummel Taliban in south; insurgents gain in northA defense ministry statement said air strikes were carried out across the country, including in the southern Helmand province, where the pr...
- Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban battle government forces in south, westThe blast near a National Directorate of Security compound came hours after a car bomb and clashes near Kabul's diplomatic district, in whi...
- Taliban take much of provincial capital in south AfghanistanResidents of the city, speaking to The Associated Press over the telephone, said the fighting has them trapped, hunkered down inside their ...
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani seeks defense of cities as Taliban advanceAshraf Ghani also urged lawmakers to back a national mobilization drive against the Taliban amid an intensifying war between the Taliban an...
- Commandos deployed as Afghan forces battle Taliban for control of citiesFighting raged in Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban launched coordinated attacks on the city centre and its priso...
- 53 Taliban militants dead in Afghanistan in 24 hoursMeanwhile, 20 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded during a cleanup operation conducted by ANDSF on the outskirts of Lash...
- 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...
- United States warplanes help Afghan forces fend off Taliban offensive"The heavy US air strikes against the Taliban positions stopped them from advancing towards Lashkar Gah," said Atiqullah, a local governmen...
- Thousands of Afghans flee homes as fighting erupts after United States pulloutAfghan forces pushed back insurgent attacks on multiple checkpoints in the past 24 hours in the province of Helmand, where the US military ...
- Taliban launches huge Afghan offensive after deadline for United States pullout"There was a thunderstorm of heavy weapons and blasts in the city and the sound of small arms was like someone was making popcorn," Mulah J...
- Roadside bombs kill five, wound seven civilians in AfghanistanNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Afghanistan has seen a nationwide spike in bombings, targeted killings, and ...
- Afghan defence minister Asadullah Khalid flies to embattled Helmand after Taliban gainsThe fighting in the province, where U.S. and British troops for years fought to clear Taliban from a string of poppy-growing districts, com...
- Two Afghan military helicopters in southern Helmand province collide, 9 soldiers killedThe two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical problems while taking off in Nawa district, the Afghan Defense Ministry state...
- US forces hit Taliban with airstrikes in Helmand province to support Afghan security forcesThe Taliban "need to immediately stop their offensive actions in Helmand Province and reduce their violence around the country," Leggett sa...
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