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POSSIBLE U.S. AIRSTRIKE HITS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS HOSPITAL; AT LEAST 9 DEAD
Military jets have conducted numerous airstrikes in Kunduz after the Taliban overwhelmed Afghan security forces on Monday... READ MORE›
'WE ARE NOT WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN RIGHT NOW'
'We are not winning in Afghanistan right now' The deaths of Afghan police came amid increased fighting in Helmand, a southern province... READ MORE›
MARINES BACK IN AFGHANISTAN FOR JOB THEY THOUGHT WAS DONE
At the peak of the war in southern Afghanistan, more than 20,000 Marines flooded the Taliban stronghold, pushing the insurgents out of several districts in Helmand... READ MORE›
TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS CIVILIANS IN HELMAND
Early in July, an American soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an attack in Helmand province while conducting operations against the Taliban... READ MORE›
TALIBAN CAPTURE KEY AFGHAN DISTRICT; 9 POLICE KILLED
Helmand, which accounts for the bulk of Afghanistan's billion dollar opium crop, is already largely in the hands of the Taliban but the capture of Sangin... READ MORE›
ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 11 IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Powerful blast destroys a van traveling through restive Helmand province, killing all 11 passengers on board... READ MORE›
EUROPE MAKES DEAL TO RETURN REFUGEES TO AFGHANISTAN WHERE WAR AWAITS THEM
A leaked European Union memo dated March 3 discussed openly making pledges of aid at this week's conference conditional on Afghanistan's agreement with the repatriation deal... READ MORE›
UN SAYS AFGHAN TALIBANS REACH IS WIDEST SINCE 2001
All four of the United Nations provincial evacuations took place in northern Afghanistan... READ MORE›
TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON AFGHAN FORCES KILLS 13
The resurgent Taliban are at the peak of their summer fighting season and have been ramping up their campaign against government forces... READ MORE›
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES STRUGGLE JUST TO MAINTAIN STALEMATE
But by one important measure, Lieutenant Javed and the other soldiers in the district are succeeding The Taliban flag does not yet fly over Musa Qala... READ MORE›
LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE MILITANTS
Taliban territory Life in Afghanistan under the militants... READ MORE›
HELMAND: TALIBAN KILL POLICEMEN AND CONFISCATE WEAPONS
Taliban attack on an army post led to intense fighting with Afghan forces in Helmand, causing deaths on both sides... READ MORE›
KABUL POLICE BOSS QUITS AMID ATTACKS
The Taliban have stepped up attacks in Afghanistan as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave the country next month... READ MORE›
VIDEO SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTAN POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN LAHORE
The Taliban have maintained an intense fighting tempo this winter, a season when the violence in Afghanistan typically subsides... READ MORE›
ATTACKERS IN AFGHAN UNIFORMS KILL 2 NATO SOLDIERS
Officials had repeatedly warned that if Musa Qala fell the Taliban could tighten their grip on northern Helmand... READ MORE›
MILITARY BLUNDERS CONTINUE AFTER MSF KUNDUZ BOMBING
It came about five months after a US attack in Helmand province's Sangin district killed at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 50 FEARED DEAD IN TALIBAN ATTACK ON AFGHAN FORCES BASE - US MILITARY
Some 6,400 NATO soldiers remain in Afghanistan, following the large-scale NATO troop reduction there in 2014... READ MORE›
TEBBIT WANTS EU MIGRANTS TO BE ASSESSED BY WHO THEIR FAMILY FOUGHT FOR IN WORLD WAR II
Taliban attacks on Thursday and Friday on Camp Bastion, in southern Helmand Province, were symbolic as well as deadly... READ MORE›
AFGHAN OFFICIALS KILLED BY TALIBAN IN 3 ATTACKS
The insurgents in Musa Qala are entirely Taliban forces... READ MORE›
23 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED AS TWIN BLASTS ROCK KABUL
23 killed, dozens injured as twin blasts rock Kabul -- RT News... READ MORE›
BOUNTIFUL AFGHAN OPIUM HARVEST YIELDS PROFITS FOR THE TALIBAN
As the opium harvest winds down across Helmand Province, Afghanistan's largest in territory and poppy cultivation, farmers and officials are reporting high yields... READ MORE›
NPR JOURNALIST AND TRANSLATOR KILLED IN AMBUSH
Mr. Gilkey was an award-winning journalist who had extensive experience covering conflicts in Gaza, South Africa, Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRSTRIKE KILLS AT LEAST 9 AFGHAN POLICE; PERSONNEL MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR TALIBAN
The airstrike took place in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, where U.S. and Afghan forces have been locked in fierce fighting with the Taliban... READ MORE›
US AIR RAID KILLS AFGHAN FORCES IN HELMAND
NATO set to discuss sending more soldiers to Afghanistan, but many in Kabul fear such a move could prolong war... READ MORE›
FOUND ALIVE SOLDIERS ARE TOLD YOU OWE US FOR BURIALS
BEHSUD, Afghanistan -- The first time Noor ul-Haq died, his Afghan Army outpost was completely cut off by the Taliban on a bleak southern battleground... READ MORE›
300 MARINES TO AID FIGHT AGAINST TALIBAN IN SPRING
Our mujahedeen continued their progress in the presence of tens of thousands of Americans and other invading forces, said Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman... READ MORE›
PHIL HUGHES DEATH CRICKETERS RALLY AROUND BOWLER SEAN ABBOTT WHO BOWLED FATAL DELIVERY
At least three Taliban insurgents stormed a Kabul guesthouse that the authorities said was occupied by a nongovernment organization... READ MORE›
DAVID GILKEY NPR JOURNALIST AND AFGHAN TRANSLATOR ARE KILLED IN AMBUSH
Mr. Gilkey was an award-winning journalist who had extensive experience covering conflicts in Gaza, South Africa, Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan... READ MORE›
AFGHAN TALIBAN SEIZE KEY DISTRICT WHERE UK LOST 104 SOLDIERS
The Taliban has captured a key district in Helmand province once considered the deadliest battlefield for British and US troops in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
TWIN BLASTS CLAIMED BY TALIBAN KILL MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE IN KABUL
A police official said a suicide attacker approached an intelligence agency building in Kabul before detonating his explosives... READ MORE›