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US DROPS 'BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR BOMB IT HAS' ON AFGHANISTAN
Northeastern Afghanistan, September 2, 2007 Paula Bronstein 5 16 2007 Bodybuilders in the 55-60 kg category square off during a regional bodybuilding competition... READ MORE›
U.S. DROPS MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS ON ISIS CAVES IN AFGHANISTAN
Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan are using I.E.D.s, bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defense, said Gen... READ MORE›
36 ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS KILLED BY U.S. BOMB
The U.S. estimates 600 to 800 IS fighters are present in Afghanistan, mostly in Nangarhar... READ MORE›
THE US JUST DROPPED ITS BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR BOMB ON AFHGHANISTAN. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The first time it was used operationally was in a US Air Force attack on Isis tunnels in Achin district, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in April 2017... READ MORE›
MASSIVE U.S. BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN KILLED 36 FROM ISLAMIC STATE, SAY LOCAL OFFICIALS
The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Gen... READ MORE›
U.S. DROPS 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' IN AFGHANISTAN, AIMING FOR ISIS CAVES
ISIS's offshoot in Afghanistan is suspected of carrying out several attacks on minority Shia Muslim targets... READ MORE›
'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS': US DROPS BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON EVER USED
The US drops the biggest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat in eastern Afghanistan targeting Islamic State militants... READ MORE›
ISIS DENIES ANY OF ITS FIGHTERS KILLED BY 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' DROPPED BY US IN AFGHANISTAN
Nicknamed the mother of all bombs, the weapon was dropped from an MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan... READ MORE›
WHILE THE U.S. WASN'T LOOKING, RUSSIA AND IRAN BEGAN CARVING OUT A BIGGER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
Russia on Friday will host high-level talks on Afghanistan with Iranian, Pakistani and Chinese diplomats, the Kremlin said... READ MORE›
CALLING SUCCESSOR A TRAITOR AFGHAN EX-LEADER DENOUNCES US BOMBING
But Mr. Ghani's office put out a brief post on Twitter, clearly aimed at Mr. Karzai Every Afghan has the right to speak their mind... READ MORE›
BOMB KILLED DOZENS OF MILITANTS AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY
More tunnels were added during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and still more by the Islamic State... READ MORE›
US BOMBING OF IS IN AFGHANISTAN 'KILLED DOZENS'
MOAB strike US bombing of IS in Afghanistan 'killed dozens'... READ MORE›
TWO U.S. TROOPS DIE BATTLING ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, referring to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, known as Islamic State-Khorasan Province... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE SHIRE MOVES TO PREPARE SALIX BID
On Saturday, coalition officials announced that a precision strike resulted in the death of two individuals threatening the force in the Achin district of eastern Afghanistan... 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›
NO US STATEMENT ON DAMAGE DONE BY MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS
One senior Afghan security official in Kabul said on Tuesday that Thursday's bombing killed 96 Islamic State militants, 13 of them major commanders... READ MORE›
36 ISIS MILITANTS KILLED IN US 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' ATTACK, AFGHAN MINISTRY SAYS
More than 90 Islamic State militants were killed when the US military dropped an 11-ton bomb on eastern Afghanistan, according to the Afghan government... READ MORE›
MOAB STRIKE: 90 IS FIGHTERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
Known as the mother of all bombs, or MOAB, the device was dropped on Thursday evening by an MC-130 transport plane, falling in Nangarhar's Achin district... READ MORE›
AFGHAN SOLDIER OPENS FIRE ON U.S. TROOPS, KILLING THREE SERVICEMEN
KABUL -- An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. troops in a restive eastern province of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing three, authorities said... READ MORE›
RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND UN STRAINED OVER AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS
US military is increasingly trying to control public information about conflict, nearly leading to ban on UN staff from Kabul base... 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›
ISIS CLAIMS DEADLY BOMBING AT DEMONSTRATION IN KABUL AFGHANISTAN
As tempers flared at the government, protesters also pushed away anti-riot police forces who had provided security earlier in the day... READ MORE›
HR MCMASTER VISITS AFGHANISTAN AFTER MOAB ATTACK
Illicit drugs and corruption also top the list of threats to Afghanistan's security, Ghani told the visiting officials... READ MORE›
US' 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' KILLED AT LEAST 90 ISIS MILITANTS IN AFGHANISTAN
US' 'Mother of All Bombs' killed at least 90 ISIS militants in Afghanistan Afghan officials... READ MORE›
US DROPS 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' ON ISLAMIC STATE TARGET IN AFGHANISTAN
It was the first time the United States has used this size of bomb in a conflict... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE USE WATER CANNON ON PROTESTERS DECRYING RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
On Saturday, coalition officials announced that a precision strike resulted in the death of two individuals threatening the force in the Achin district of eastern Afghanistan... READ MORE›
BEHIND THE FRONT LINES IN THE FIGHT TO 'ANNIHILATE' ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN
Children make their way home through a violent storm in Afghanistan's Nangahar Province... READ MORE›
US STRIKE IS SAID TO KILL SENIOR ISIS MILITANT
It was the second time in a week that United States forces, working on intelligence provided by the Afghan government, targeted Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
MASSIVE BOMB DROP BY U.S. KILLED 36 MILITANTS, AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY
The U.S. estimates there are 600-800 ISIS fighters in Afghanistan, mostly in Nangarhar... READ MORE›