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 ...
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Afghanistan Music Fans Hail Trailblazing Talent Show
Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing competition, in which the first ...
Pakistan PM Orders Reopening of Border With Afghanistan
Pakistan on Monday ordered the border with Afghanistan to be reopened "immediately", a month after it was closed amid soaring ...
Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’
Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials said, in the ...
Rap, Stilettos and A Musical Revolution
Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become the first ...
Ancient, Near-Pristine Buddha To Make Kabul Museum Debut
Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of Afghanistan's most dangerous ...
Afghans Find Some Escape As ‘family Cinema’ Opens In Kabul
The lights go off, the projector whirls,and for the first time in years Afghan families find themselves sharing popcorn and ...
Afghan Military Rejects Claims Insiders Aided Hospital Attack
Afghanistan's defense ministry Wednesday shrugged off allegations that insiders were involved in a catastrophic insurgent attack on the country's largest ...
Kidnapped Australian Woman Released In Afghanistan
An Australian woman kidnapped in Afghanistan last year has been released, officials said Thursday. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said the ...
Afghan Security Leadership Under Fire Over Hospital Attack
The Afghan security leadership has come under scathing criticism from lawmakers and social media users over a catastrophic insurgent attack ...
Blast Targets Bus In Downtown Kabul During Rush Hour
A powerful explosion struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in the ...
Insiders Aided Kabul Hospital Attack, Survivors Say
Insiders including two interns were among the attackers who launched a gun-and-grenade assault this week on Afghanistan's largest military hospital, ...
Eight Afghan Police Killed In
Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan, officials said ...
Kidnappings Blight War-Scarred Kabul City
The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long abduction, ...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into ...
IS Gunmen Dressed As Medics Kill 30 At Kabul Military Hospital
More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan ...
Pakistan Gunfights Kill 15 Militants, Two Soldiers
At least 15 militants and two soldiers have been killed in two separate gun battles in a relatively peaceful district ...
Survivors Recount Kabul Hospital Attack
With his voice trembling, nurse Abdul Qadeer recalled the horror of coming face-to-face with one of the gunmen who stormed ...
Afghanistan: IS Gunmen Dressed As Medics Kill 30 At Kabul Military Hospital
More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan ...
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, ...