At least 12 people were hospitalised before the members of the Ulema Council intervened to end the strike... READ MORE›
I am asking the Taliban to accept our demand for peace, said Khial Bibi, one of the participants at the women's tent... READ MORE›
The Taliban controls large areas of Helmand, source of much of Afghanistan's opium crop... READ MORE›
At least 18 Afghan soldiers were killed on Saturday in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah province when Taliban fighters stormed an army checkpoint... READ MORE›
After each case, Captain Quinn would gather the Afghan commanders and lecture them on human rights... READ MORE›
The military has been playing an increasingly active role in Afghanistan amid a Taliban resurgence, particularly in the northern province of Kunduz... READ MORE›
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' The deaths of Afghan police came amid increased fighting in Helmand, a southern province... READ MORE›
General Sharif later left to visit Kabul, the Afghan capital, for a special visit, a Pakistani military spokesman said... READ MORE›
Officials and local elders in Kunduz said they had yet to see all but a few of the promised government reinforcements... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
Powerful blast destroys a van traveling through restive Helmand province, killing all 11 passengers on board... READ MORE›
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›
But the Taliban have stepped up attacks as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan next month... READ MORE›
All four of the United Nations provincial evacuations took place in northern Afghanistan... READ MORE›
The resurgent Taliban are at the peak of their summer fighting season and have been ramping up their campaign against government forces... READ MORE›
After months of deliberation within his administration the US president said he would leave 5 500 US forces in Afghanistan beyond his departure from office in January 2017... READ MORE›
The Doctors Without Borders hospital is the only such facility in northeastern Afghanistan, providing free care to all based on medical needs... READ MORE›
There are currently about 10,000 American troops in Afghanistan, and most are there to train and advise Afghan forces... READ MORE›
Another resident, Ahmad Khalid, said that before fleeing Kunduz on Thursday, he saw Taliban fighters huddled around a car... READ MORE›
An Afghan public affairs officer tried to shush the colonel as he spoke to a journalist at the Afghan Air Force base at Kabul airport... READ MORE›
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›
Officials Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2016... READ MORE›
Even the Taliban didn't harm wounded Afghan security forces taken to the hospital, the guard said... READ MORE›
Taliban territory Life in Afghanistan under the militants... READ MORE›
Taliban attack on an army post led to intense fighting with Afghan forces in Helmand, causing deaths on both sides... READ MORE›
In July, Doctors Without Borders issued a statement accusing Afghan troops of a violent armed intrusion at the heavily damaged Kunduz hospital... READ MORE›
A US aircraft attacked a Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz because of human error, a US military inquiry says... READ MORE›
The Taliban have stepped up attacks in Afghanistan as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave the country next month... READ MORE›
At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say... READ MORE›
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn from the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after 19 people were killed in an airstrike that destroyed its hospital... READ MORE›
Marines have returned to Helmand Province to help Afghan forces regain ground lost to the Taliban, and this time there is no timetable for leaving... READ MORE›
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