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›

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›

140 SOLDIERS KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK ON AFGHAN BASE OFFICIAL SAYS

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

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE MILITANTS

Taliban territory Life in Afghanistan under the militants... 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›