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 ...
Afghanistan: Old warhorse Rashid Dostum to lead fight against Taliban in the northThe development comes as Taliban has captured several provincial capitals, including many in the north, over the past week, putting enormou...
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-...
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
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...
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 ...
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...
UN warns of expanding threat from Daesh, al Qaeda in AfghanistanA new report by the UN Security Council, published on Thursday, said that despite territorial, leadership, manpower and financial losses du...
India seeks zero tolerance against terrorist safe havens: Syed AkbaruddinAfghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani joined Akbaruddin in identifying terrorist safe havens across the border.