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'AFGHAN GIRL' SHARBAT GULA IN QUEST FOR NEW LIFE
But I didn't expect that the Pakistani government would treat me like this at the end, Sharbat Gula told me at her temporary residence in Kabul... READ MORE›
US, AFGHAN FORCES KILLED 33 CIVILIANS IN 'SELF-DEFENCE'
To defend themselves and Afghan forces, US forces returned fire in self-defence at Taliban who were using civilian houses as firing positions, the statement added... READ MORE›
TROOPS ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE IN AFGHAN FIREFIGHT THAT KILLED 33
A??On this occasion the Taliban chose to hide amongst civilians and then attacked Afghan and U.S. forces,a??... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY SAYS BATTLE WITH TALIBAN KILLED 33 CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN
Earlier this month, the United States announced it would deploy 300 more Marines to Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold that has seen fierce fighting in recent months... READ MORE›
NOVEMBER FIGHT WITH TALIBAN KILLED 33 CIVILIANS
The two Taliban figures, responsible for violence in Kunduz the previous month, were killed in the operation... READ MORE›
US MILITARY ADMITS 33 CIVILIANS KILLED IN TALIBAN CLASH
A US military investigation has found that air raids targeting the Taliban during a gun battle in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province last year killed 33 civilians... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY SAYS 33 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN TALIBAN BATTLE 3 MONTHS AGO
On this occasion the Taliban chose to hide amongst civilians and then attacked Afghan and U.S. forces... READ MORE›
KIDNAPPED PROFESSORS BEG TRUMP TO NEGOTIATE RELEASE IN TALIBAN VIDEO
In 2014, the Haqqani group released Bowe Bergdahl, a US soldier, in exchange for five Taliban prisoners... READ MORE›
5 UAE DIPLOMATS DISCUSSING AFGHAN AID PROJECTS KILLED IN KANDAHAR BLAST
This attack is against the national security of Afghanistan, Ghorzang said... READ MORE›
EX-AFGHAN INTERPRETERS SAY FRENCH ARMY ABANDONED THEM, DEMAND VISAS
Former Afghan interpreters for the French army organised parallel protests in Kabul and Paris on Tuesday, citing death threats from Islamist insurgents and demanding visas... 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›
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›
US TO DEPLOY 300 TROOPS TO AFGHAN'S SOUTH
The US Marines will deploy 300 troops to Afghanistan's embattled southern Helmand province as part of NATO's advise-assist mission... READ MORE›
DESPITE BAN INVASIVE VIRGINITY TESTS REMAIN PREVALENT IN AFGHANISTAN
One police substation in Kabul sent 26 cases of moral crimes -- which include rape cases -- to forensic medicine in 2015, and most involved virginity tests... READ MORE›
2016: THE YEAR THE WORLD STOPPED CARING ABOUT REFUGEES
Deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan swelled this year, with 100,000 repatriated in September alone... READ MORE›
THE AFGHAN FAMILIES BEING REPATRIATED BY PAKISTAN
Pakistan's request for all three million Afghan refugees to leave is causing chaos on its borders and plunging families into uncertainty... READ MORE›
WOMAN BEHEADED 'FOR GOING OUT IN CITY WITHOUT HER HUSBAND'
The Middle East Press claims a government spokesman told them Taliban militants killed her for the infidelity act of going shopping without a male guardian... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN'S VICE PRESIDENT IS KNOWN FOR BRUTALITY. BUT HE MAY HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
Abdurrashid Dostum, a former warlord, has vowed to fight prosecution in a new case... READ MORE›
AFGHANS ANGRY AFTER QUALIFIED FEMALE AIR FORCE PILOT APPLIES FOR ASYLUM IN U.S.
A recipient of the U.S. State Department's Women of Courage award in 2015, Capt... READ MORE›
AFGHAN RESPONSE TO FEMALE PILOTA??S U.S. ASYLUM CASE
Things are not changing for the better in Afghanistan, Captain Rahmani said in an interview on Friday... READ MORE›
THESE AFGHANS FLED TO GERMANY FOR A SAFER, BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY'VE BEEN SENT BACK.
I told him Afghanistan, and he said to me in Dari, 'Don't worry you're safe now... READ MORE›
AFTER ATTACK, BERLIN'S REFUGEE COMMUNITY BRACES FOR BACKLASH
Like fellow Afghan Mohebzada, Soltani sought asylum in Germany because the Taliban had made repeated threats to kill him and he saw no other option... READ MORE›
AFGHAN LEGISLATOR, SEVERAL OTHERS KILLED IN ATTACK AT HIS HOME
Afghan men inspects the remains of belongings at a lawmaker's home in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday after a gunmen attack... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS WHO HELPED U.S. FORCES FACE TALIBAN THREAT, VISA WAIT, TRUMP RESISTANCE
Matthew Ball relied heavily on his Afghan interpreter during a yearlong mission in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous areas, entrusting him daily with his life... READ MORE›
HOPELESS AFGHAN STRUGGLE TO SAVE BOY SEX SLAVES
'Unconscionable' Bacha bazi has seen a chilling resurgence in post-Taliban Afghanistan, where it is not widely perceived as homosexual or un-Islamic behaviour... READ MORE›
GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT CONFERENCE IN TURKMENISTAN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat the Global Sustainable Transport Conference on Nov. 26 and 27... READ MORE›
'KAFKAESQUE NIGHTMARE': TALIBAN RELEASES VIDEO OF KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN COUPLE
The video showed for the first time the two sons of Canadian Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, a US citizen... READ MORE›
BOLLYWOOD STARS GIVE THEIR NEWBORN SON THE CONTROVERSIAL NAME OF A BRUTAL ISLAMIC CONQUEROR
Taimur the Lame, often known as Timur or Tamerlane, was a brutal Mongol invader who conquered many parts of Persia and central Asia... READ MORE›
SYRIA REMAINS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR JOURNALISTS
In Afghanistan, all of the 10 journalists killed were deliberately targeted because of their profession... READ MORE›
AFGHAN VP DOSTUM PROBED OVER ALLEGED SEX ASSAULT
Dostum allegedly kept Ishchi hostage in his private compound for five days, where he was said to be tortured and sodomized... READ MORE›
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US SOLDIERS TOLD TO IGNORE AFGHAN ALLIES ABUSE OF BOYS
After each case, Captain Quinn would gather the Afghan commanders and lecture them on human rights... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKE HITS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS HOSPITAL IN AFGHANISTAN
The military has been playing an increasingly active role in Afghanistan amid a Taliban resurgence, particularly in the northern province of Kunduz... READ MORE›
WATCH RUSSIAN TV S BIZARRE TRAILER FOR PUTIN PRESS CONFERENCE
LONDON -- First the Pakistani Taliban bombed or burned over 1,000 schools... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS FOUR AT AFGHAN US BASE
A suicide bomber has killed four people inside Bagram air base, the largest US military facility in Afghanistan... 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›
300 ISIS FIGHTERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN OPERATION
300 ISIS Fighters Killed in Afghanistan Operation U.S... 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›
ICONIC 'AFGHAN GIRL' FROM 'NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC' ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN
National Geographic's iconic, green-eyed Afghan Girl was arrested Wednesday at her home in Peshawar, Pakistan, on charges she possessed a forged national identification card, authorities said... READ MORE›
FROM A NAT GEO COVER TO A MUG SHOT
She was just 12 when she was photographed by Steve McCurry in a camp for displaced people in Peshawar, the biggest city along Pakistan's frontier with Afghanistan... READ MORE›
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›
AFGHAN TALIBAN HANG UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN PUBLIC
Kabul Polytechnic university student was accused by the group of killing a senior Taliban official... READ MORE›
43 PERCENT RISE IN ESTIMATED OPIUM HARVEST
Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE›
HUNGRY, SCARED, AND NO CLOSER TO SAFETY
Migrant children are being failed by uk, says lords committee report... READ MORE›
ICC PROSECUTOR: U.S. FORCES MAY HAVE TORTURED IN AFGHANISTAN
The U.S.-led invasion into Afghanistan toppled the Taliban from power after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center andA the Pentagon... READ MORE›
TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
A gunman reportedly wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops in Kabul... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT DOCUMENT SEEKS TO PROVOKE 'END OF THE WORLD'
Islamic State recruitment document seeks to provoke 'end of the world'... READ MORE›
THE BEHEADING OF A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL PROMPTED HUGE PROTESTS IN AFGHANISTAN
They chanted slogans against the government, the Taliban and neighboring Pakistan, which is seen as having a hand in Afghanistan's Islamist insurgency... READ MORE›
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER'S DAD HOSTED ANTI-AMERICAN TALK SHOW
The name of the show refers to the Durand Line, the long-disputed border that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan... READ MORE›
'AFGHAN GIRL' WELCOMED HOME BY PRESIDENT
Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, has welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green... READ MORE›
QUAKE ROCKS AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN; AT LEAST 263 DEAD
LAHORE Pakistan More than 260 people were killed when a magnitude-7.5 earthquake centered in Afghanistan rocked neighboring Pakistan and rattled buildings as far away as India... READ MORE›
MEDICAL GROUP TO EXIT AFGHAN CITY AFTER STRIKE KILLS AT LEAST 22
It was the only free trauma care hospital in northern Afghanistan, according to Doctors Without Borders... READ MORE›
GENERAL IS SAID TO THINK AFGHAN HOSPITAL AIRSTRIKE BROKE US RULES
General Campbell was clear that he, too, would prefer to keep as many troops in Afghanistan for as long as possible... READ MORE›
AFGHAN VICE PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF TAKING RIVAL HOSTAGE
Mr. Ishchi has been involved in politics in the north for decades and helped General Dostum found the Junbish party, which he leads now... READ MORE›
BLAST KILLS AT LEAST 80 DURING PEACEFUL PROTEST IN KABUL
A former foreign correspondent based in New Delhi and Kabul, she reports periodically from Afghanistan and other trouble spots overseas... READ MORE›
WATCH RUSSIAN TV S BIZARRE TRAILER FOR PUTIN PRESS CONFERENCE
General Sharif later left to visit Kabul, the Afghan capital, for a special visit, a Pakistani military spokesman said... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 12 AFGHAN SOLDIERS DIE IN 'INSIDER ATTACK'
In recent months, the Taliban have stepped up attacks across the country against Afghan security forces... READ MORE›
THE U.S. SPENT BILLIONS BUILDING ROADS IN AFGHANISTAN. NOW MANY OF THEM ARE BEYOND REPAIR.
In this 2013 photo, a vehicle drives along a stretch of Highway 1 damaged by a roadside bomb in Sayedabad, Afghanistan... READ MORE›
DEATHS AS SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKS SHIA MOSQUE IN KABUL
Earlier this year a powerful blast targeting Shia worshippers during Ashura killed 14 people in northern Afghanistan... 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›
POWERFUL 7.5-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ACROSS AFGHANISTAN AND INDIA
At least 29 people have been killed in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Pakistan... READ MORE›
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WHY EXTREMISTS DESTROY ANCIENT TREASURES
Syrian troops captured Palmyra from Islamic State fighters on Sunday after three weeks of intense fighting... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETAKES HISTORIC CITY OF PALMYRA
Syrian army presses ahead with offensive after palmyra victory... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN JETS REPORTEDLY REPEL MILITANTS FROM ANCIENT SYRIAN CITY
On Saturday, Islamic State IS fighters re-entered Palmyra after the Syrian government forces gained control over the Unesco World Heritage site in March.... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETAKES PARTS OF SYRIAA??S HISTORIC PALMYRA
The Islamic State gets 25 percent of its revenue from oil, the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, a private research group, estimates... READ MORE›
SENIOR IS-LEADER ADNANI 'KILLED IN SYRIA'
Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
DEFIANT ASSAD VOWS TO LIBERATE EVERY INCH OF SYRIA
In a speech to parliament, the Syrian president says his forces will recapture territory lost to rebels... READ MORE›
FOLLOWING KILLING OF TOP OFFICIALS BY U.S.-LED COALITION, ISLAMIC STATE TAKES OUT DOZENS OF FIGHTERS IN HUNT FOR INFORMANTS
The purge comes at a time when the Islamic State has lost ground in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE BLOWING UP PUMPING STATIONS IN SYRIA GAS FIELD; BLASTS FELT 50 KM AWAY IN PALMYRA
Syria's army recaptured Palmyra from Islamic State on March 27, after about 10 months of jihadi rule over the city... READ MORE›
THE WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE HITS HURDLES JUST AS THE U.S. MILITARY GEARS UP
Cutting the Islamic State's vital supply route to Turkey is considered an essential prerequisite for any eventual offensive to retake Raqqa... READ MORE›
FIRST PICTURES FROM INSIDE THE RECAPTURED CITY OF PALMYRA
Syrian troops recapture the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIL and pledged to build on the win with an advance against other jihadist strongholds... READ MORE›
IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, THE ISLAMIC STATE IS IN RETREAT ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
Read more Operation launched against Islamic State near base where U.S. Marine killed Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›
US-LED AIRSTRIKES HIT ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ AS GROUP REPORTS CIVILIAN DEATHS
One of the strikes in Syria destroyed two Islamic State fighting positions near Palmyra, according to the Pentagon... READ MORE›