Searched for
SHEBERGHAN
View: Is China's defence of Taliban optimism or a hard choice?China’s statements regarding ‘guiding’ Taliban as a positive influence do seem odd. After all, the terror organization had blatantly floute...- Afghan Military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?In the past several days, Afghan security forces have collapsed in more than 15 cities under the pressure of a Taliban advance that began i...
- Afghan cities taken over or contested by TalibanFollowing is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to, or are being contested by the Islamist militants, who are fighting to reimp...
- 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 ...
- Taliban take strategic Ghazni city on road to KabulGhazni lies 150 km (93 miles) southwest of Kabul on the ancient route between the capital and the second city of Kandahar. The militants oc...
- Warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum back in the fray as Taliban overwhelm Afghan northThe warlord's prominence in the latest fight with the Taliban lays bare the long-simmering conundrum facing President Ashraf Ghani's admini...
- 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-...
- Govt evacuates Indians from Mazar-e-SharifIndian diplomats in Mazar were also evacuated by this flight, ET has learnt. Earlier in the day, the Indian consulate had tweeted, "A speci...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Second Afghan city falls as Taliban tighten noose over countrysideThe deputy governor of Jawzjan province told AFP he was with government forces who had abandoned Sheberghan city and retreated to the airpo...
- Afghan forces fighting to retake Pakistan border crossingFollowing fierce fighting on Thursday evening, dozens of wounded Taliban fighters were being treated at a Pakistan hospital near the border...
Load More
