Former Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul After 20 Years
A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" returned to the Afghan capital on Thursday morning, two decades after leaving ...
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ISIS Suicide Car Bomber Attacks US Convoy In Afghanistan Killing Eight
Eight civilians were killed and another 28 people wounded, including three American soldiers, when an ISIS suicide bomber attacked a ...
Infamous Afghan Warlord Returns To Public Life After Exile
Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life Saturday after more than 20 years in exile, ...
US Marines Return To Afghanistan’s Volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn country since NATO ...
Afghan Taliban Announce Start of ‘spring Offensive’
The Afghan Taliban announced Friday the start of their "spring offensive", saying they would target foreign forces in the country, ...
Afghanistan Arrests 35 Soldiers After Attack On Base
Authorities have arrested 35 soldiers who served on an army base in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban staged a deadly ...
Afghan Defence Chiefs Resign Over Deadly Taliban Attack
Afghanistan’s defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores ...
Afghan Defence Chiefs Resign Over Deadly Taliban Attack
Afghanistan's defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores ...
Furious Afghans Call For Resignations After Taliban Base Attack
Afghanistan on Sunday observed a national day of mourning after at least 100 soldiers were killed or wounded in a ...
Over 100 Killed, Wounded In Taliban Attack On Afghan Military Base
More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, ...
Taliban Fighters Attack Afghan Army Base, ‘killing 140’
As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would ...
Taliban Attack On Army Base Kills ‘more Than 50’ Afghan Soldiers
Taliban gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday killing "more than ...
Russia Denies It Is Supplying the Taliban After Nato General Claim
Russia may be supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US general has said Russia has denied a top Nato general's ...
Russia May Be Supplying Taliban Fighters
The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and ...
Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District
Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for Afghan forces in opium-rich ...
Gunmen Dressed As Doctors Attack Kabul Hospital
Explosions and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district Wednesday when insurgents dressed as doctors stormed Afghanistan's largest military hospital, officials said, ...
Blast, Gunfire Hit Kabul Military Hospital
An explosion and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district on Wednesday as insurgents attacked Afghanistan's largest military hospital, officials said. "The ...
Eleven Afghan Police Killed In Insider Attack
An Afghan policeman linked to the Taliban shot dead 11 of his colleagues at a checkpoint in the southern province ...
Air Strike Kills Key Afghan Taliban Commander
An air strike has killed an Afghan Taliban commander who twice oversaw the capture of a strategic northern city, officials ...
Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Six In Afghanistan’s Helmand
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who had ...