NO END IN SIGHT AS PENTAGON REPORTS AFGHAN WAR COSTING $45 BILLION PER YEAR

Tens of billions are just being thrown down a hatch in Afghanistan, said Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky... READ MORE›

TALIBAN'S 'RED UNIT' POSES NEW THREAT TO AFGHAN SECURITY

In December, US forces in Afghanistan released footage of an operation they conducted in the Taliban-dominated district of Musa Qala, in Helmand province... READ MORE›

TALIBAN ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN KILL 58, INCLUDING MOST OF AN ARMY CAMP

And a Taliban attack on police posts in western Farah province, also late Wednesday, killed nine policemen, said police Chief Abdul Marouf Foulad... READ MORE›

TOP U.S. COMMANDER WANTS MORE AGGRESSIVE AFGHANISTAN PUSH THIS YEAR

The Trump administration's Afghanistan strategy gives the U.S. military greater authority to launch offensive attacks against a resilient Taliban and an emerging Islamic State affiliate... READ MORE›

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A senior Taliban commander in the Pakistani city of Quetta said that 12 years of incarceration had also caused some psychological problems for Noori and Fazl... READ MORE›

AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED IN NATO AIR STRIKE IN KUNDUZ

The air raids on Thursday were in support of US and Afghan forces during an attack targeting senior Taliban commanders, according to provincial spokesman Mahmood Danish... READ MORE›

140 SOLDIERS KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK ON AFGHAN BASE OFFICIAL SAYS

140 Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack on Afghan Base, Official Says... READ MORE›

US ADMITS AIR STRIKES 'LIKELY' KILLED AFGHAN CIVILIANS

US forces in Afghanistan conceded on Saturday that their air strikes in the northern province of Kunduz had very likely resulted in civilian killings... READ MORE›

SWEDEN TO DEPORT 106YO AFGHANI WOMAN, WORLD'S 'OLDEST REFUGEE' - REPORTS

Sweden rejects the asylum application of the world's oldest refugee... READ MORE›

TALIBAN CAPTURES QALA-E-ZAL DISTRICT IN KUNDUZ PROVINCE

More than 16 years after they were driven from power, almost half of the country is either contested or under the control of the Taliban... READ MORE›

MILITANTS ATTACK KABUL AIRPORT DURING MATTIS VISIT US STRIKE HITS CIVILIANS

Ghani said his government remains open to talks with the Taliban as well as a peace strategy involving Pakistan... READ MORE›

AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN AFGHAN 'INSIDER ATTACK'

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters attacked a district headquarters in the Kandahar province using a suicide car bomb, said Samim Khpolwak, a spokesman for the governor... READ MORE›

AFGHANISTAN MOURNS AFTER DEADLY TALIBAN ATTACK ON BASE

President Ashraf Ghani calls for an investigation into the deadliest ever Taliban attack on an Afghan military base... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 140 DEAD AFTER TALIBAN ATTACK ON MAJOR AFGHAN ARMY BASE, OFFICIAL SAYS

KABUL -- The nerve center of Afghan and NATO combat activities in northern Afghanistan is a sprawling military base in Balkh Province... READ MORE›

TALIBAN BOMBER KILLS 4 AMERICANS AT KEY NATO BASE

Last December, a motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six US soldiers near Afghanistan's largest US military base... READ MORE›

HORRIFIC AFGHANISTAN BOMBING HIGHLIGHTS STALEMATE IN LONGEST U.S. WAR

The violence comes as the White House is weighing a request from military commanders to add more American troops to train and support Afghanistan's security forces... READ MORE›

BLASTS, GUNFIRE ROCK KABUL, TALIBAN CLAIMS ATTACKS

Explosions and gunfire ring out at security compounds in Kabul, witnesses say, as Taliban claims responsibility... READ MORE›

AFGHAN ISIS BRANCH MAKES INROADS IN BATTLE AGAINST TALIBAN

He was released in 2005, and joined the Pakistani Taliban before defecting to the new Islamic State branch... READ MORE›

DEADLY CAR BOMB HITS AFGHANISTAN'S LASHKAR GAH

At least 60 people were wounded in the attack outside the New Kabul Bank branch and most of the casualties were civilians, Hayaullah Hayat said... READ MORE›

HOW TERRORISM IN THE WEST COMPARES TO TERRORISM EVERYWHERE ELSE

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for killing at least 130 people in a string of terrorist attacks Friday in Paris... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF STUDENTS KILLED IN PAKISTANI TALIBAN ATTACK ON PESHAWAR SCHOOL

Pakistani soldiers transport rescued school children from the site of an attack by Taliban... READ MORE›

THE TALIBANS LARGE FOOTPRINT IN AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban government collapsed after the American invasion, but the Taliban regained control of multiple districts between 2005 and 2009, Mr. Roggio said... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK LIVE: TALIBAN KILL AT LEAST 84 CHILDREN IN 'HORRIFYING' MASSACRE

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive... READ MORE›

WAVES OF ATTACKS SHAKE KABUL ON ITS DEADLIEST DAY OF 2015

Mr. Mujahid, who generally speaks on behalf of the Haqqani network as well as the mainstream Taliban, last week denied the reports of Jalaluddin Haqqani's death... READ MORE›

AFGHAN FORCES CAPTURE TAYWARA DISTRICT FROM TALIBAN

Afghan security forces have recaptured a district in central Afghanistan that had fallen to the Taliban five days ago, officials said... READ MORE›

TALIBAN KILL MORE THAN 140 AFGHAN SOLDIERS AT ARMY BASE

At least 140 Afghan soldiers have been killed after Taliban suicide attackers disguised as army personnel targeted a national army base in the north of the country... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK 132 TALIBAN HOSTAGES FEARED DEAD

26 Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, has condemned the atrocious and cowardly attack on a school in Pakistan... READ MORE›

TALIBAN PRESENT GENTLER FACE BUT WIELD IRON FIST IN AFGHAN DISTRICT

But in most ways, the social restrictions that made the Taliban international pariahs during their reign have been resurrected in full in Baghran... READ MORE›

12 AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES KILLED IN KANDAHAR

Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi said the Taliban captured Maroof for a few hours and after removing weapons and other items left the district... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: IN TURF WAR WITH AFGHAN TALIBAN, ISLAMIC STATE LOYALISTS GAIN GROUND

IS supporters have proved ruthless, reportedly beheading several Taliban commanders, and IS' success in taking over swathes of Iraq and Syria underlines the risks to Afghanistan... READ MORE›

A YOUNG MAN IS SKINNED ALIVE. A SIGN OF NEW TALIBAN BRUTALITY?

They note that violence in Afghanistan escalated last summer after it was announced that the Taliban's other former leader, Mohammad Omar, had died two years earlier... READ MORE›

KABUL SUICIDE CAR BOMB: 24 KILLED IN AFGHAN CAPITAL

Kabul has seen a number of deadly attacks this year blamed on the Taliban or so-called Islamic State... READ MORE›

U.S. TROOP INCREASE IN AFGHANISTAN IS UNDERWAY, GENERAL SAYS

At a news conference in the Afghan capital, the military commander for United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen... READ MORE›

TROOPS ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE IN AFGHAN FIREFIGHT THAT KILLED 33

On this occasion the Taliban chose to hide amongst civilians and then attacked Afghan and U.S. forces,... READ MORE›