THREE GEORGIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL WOUNDED IN AFGHANISTAN

Georgia, one of the largest contributing nations to the 13,500-strong Resolute Support mission, has around 870 troops in Afghanistan, behind only Germany, Italy and the United States... READ MORE›

AMERICAN AND BRITAIN COULD FACE A WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION OVER AFGHANISTAN

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is to seek approval to open a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan... READ MORE›

U.S. STRIKES CAUSED AT LEAST 13 CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AFGHANS SAY

American airstrikes have more than doubled since P resident Trump announced in August a new strategy for Afghanistan... READ MORE›

MILITARY PROSECUTORS WANT BOWE BERGDAHL TO SERVE 14 YEARS IN PRISON

Military judge begins deliberating the punishment for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for endangering comrades by leaving post... READ MORE›

SGT. BOWE BERGDAHL WAS 'GOLD MINE' OF INFORMATION, ANALYST SAYS

Bergdahl provided a rare opportunity to glean intelligence about the shadowy Haqqani network, a Taliban-linked militant group operating in Afghanistan, analysts said... READ MORE›

TALIBAN WARN US THAT HOSTAGE KEVIN KING IS DANGEROUSLY ILL

In a press statement, the American University of Afghanistan urged the Taliban to release their two teachers immediately... READ MORE›

TALIBAN SAYS CAPTIVE AMERICAN PROFESSOR'S HEALTH IS FAILING

The US embassy in Kabul said they were aware of the Taliban statement... READ MORE›

TALIBAN SAYS CAPTIVE AMERICAN PROFESSOR'S HEALTH IS FAILING, FATE UP TO THE U.S.

KABUL -- Taliban insurgents said Monday that an American professor abducted more than a year ago in Afghanistan is gravely ill and needs urgent care... READ MORE›

AMERICAN HOSTAGE RESCUED WITH FAMILY FROM AFGHANISTAN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL

Joshua Boyle told the Associated Press in an email that his wife, Caitlan Coleman, was admitted on Monday... READ MORE›

FREED HOSTAGE JOSHUA BOYLE ON WHY HE WENT TO AFGHANISTAN AND WHAT HIS KIDNAPPERS WANTED

Joshua Boyle, his wife, Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are now sheltered in Boyle's parents' home in Smiths Falls, Ont... READ MORE›

VIDEO OF CANADIAN-AMERICAN COUPLE IN CAPTIVITY IN AFGHANISTAN SHOWS 2 CHILDREN

The video showed for the first time the two sons of Canadian Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, a U.S. citizen... READ MORE›

COULD CANADIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY'S RELEASE END UP HELPING THE TERROR NETWORK THAT HELD THEM HOSTAGE?

Kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012, the family was kept alive and ultimately freed Wednesday in neighbouring Pakistan... READ MORE›

AMERICA'S INEVITABLE WAR IS NOW AN INVISIBLE ONE (OPINION)

For years, Washington has attempted to rein in Afghanistan's drug trade, which helps fund the Taliban insurgency... READ MORE›

ANTI-TALIBAN LEADER IN SWAT VALLEY ESCAPES DEADLY BLAST

Improvised explosive device planted on a road in Malam Jabba in Swat Valley kills one and wounds two others... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN MUST CRUSH MILITANT HIDEOUTS TO ENSURE AFGHAN PEACE, KABUL LEADER SAYS

Neither Trump nor Afghan President Ashraf Ghani mentioned Pakistan when they appeared publicly together after their discussion... 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›

BLAST INSIDE U.S. BASE KILLS 4 IN AFGHANISTAN

An explosion inside Bagram Airfield, a large U.S. base north of Afghanistan, killed at least four people and injured 14 others, NATO said early Saturday morning... READ MORE›

TALIBAN LETTER TO TRUMP URGES US TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN

Written in a tone of negotiation, the Taliban asked Trump to study the historical mistakes of his predecessors and to withdraw troops from Afghanistan completely... 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›

U.S. ACKNOWLEDGES CIVILIAN DEATHS IN TRUMP-AUTHORIZED YEMEN RAID

US acknowledges civilian deaths in Trump-authorized Yemen raid... READ MORE›

DEFENSE SECRETARY JIM MATTIS SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ORDERS WILL ANNIHILATE ISIS

Read more U.S. troops have been advising local forces in what Mattis called an annihilation campaign against foreign fighters... 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›

MORE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LOST TO SUICIDE THAN FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN WAR

The 'Afghanistan Lessons from Australia's Whole-of-Government Mission' was produced by the Australian Civil Military Centre... READ MORE›

UNAMA: ISIL, TALIBAN JOINTLY ATTACKED MIRZAWALANG

It was collective punishment, Sami Yousafzai, an Afghan journalist who has covered the war and Taliban since their emergence, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›

'US TAXPAYERS PAID $100 BLN ATTEMPTING TO TURN AFGHANISTAN INTO HOLLAND'

This grew out of the mujahideen movement that we used against the Soviets in Afghanistan at the time... 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›

BOMBER KILLS 4 AT U.S. BASE IN AFGHANISTAN, OFFICIALS SAY

Once inside the base, the attacker detonated explosives, killing four people, Mr. Sediqi said... READ MORE›

NEW US DEFENCE CHIEF IN AFGHANISTAN

Related Stories New US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Afghanistan days after taking up the post, saying he wants lasting success for the country... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | THE WEST IS INDIFFERENT TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ'S WORLD OF TERROR

You can lament their desperation, wonder at the woeful state of Afghanistan's security forces and even celebrate their resilience... READ MORE›

OBAMA APOLOGIZES TO DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS FOR U.S. BOMBING OF HOSPITAL

Doctors Without Borders has condemned the airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz as a possible war crime... READ MORE›

TALIBAN CONFIRM DEATH OF LEADER AND WEIGH SUCCESSOR

The statement, in Pashto, was issued in the name of the Taliban as well as Mullah Omar's family... READ MORE›

ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS AT LEAST 18 ON BUS

At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in Somalia, close to the capital, blowing up a packed minibus, police said... READ MORE›

MORE US TROOPS SEEN STAYING IN AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban, whose main focus is toppling Afghanistan's government, is a problem for Afghan forces... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE SET TO SELL NEW FIGHTER JETS TO PAKISTAN

It is the nature, not the size, of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal that tops Mr. Obama's agenda... READ MORE›

US STEPS UP AIRSTRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN EVEN TARGETING ISIS

The vast majority of the strikes appear to remain focused on Taliban forces the traditional targets of American airstrikes here for more than a decade... READ MORE›

U.S. SAYS LATE TALIBAN LEADER WAS PLANNING ATTACKS ON AMERICANS

According to Taliban officials, the movement has set up offices in Iran, which Mansour used to visit... READ MORE›

AFGHAN SECURITY CRISIS SETS STAGE FOR TERRORISTS RESURGENCE

The Taliban, whose leadership is mostly taking shelter in Pakistan, insist that they are focused only on regaining power within Afghanistan... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS AFGHAN WARS CONVENIENT MYTH A LIVING MULLAH OMAR

Moreover, any Taliban statements that sounded remotely like a peace overture were usually said to have Mullah Omar's imprimatur... READ MORE›

A 'REALISTIC BUT UNDEFINED' POLICY U-TURN

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a new tone on the war in Afghanistan on Monday... READ MORE›

AFGHANISTAN: SURGE IN CIVILIAN, CHILDREN DEATH TOLLS

Civilian casualties touched a record high in the first half of 2016, with 388 children killed and 1,121 wounded... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA SECRETLY EXTENDS US COMBAT ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN

We will no longer target belligerents solely because they are members of the Taliban, the official said... READ MORE›

Then the American military command in Afghanistan decided to classify most of the basic data it had been supplying about the Afghan Army and police... READ MORE›

FAMILY OF DRIVER KILLED IN US STRIKE ON TALIBAN LEADER FILE CRIMINAL CASE

Mohammad Azam was killed on 21 May while unwittingly taking Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor from the Iranian border to Quetta, the capital of Balochistan... READ MORE›

U.S. FORCES DECLASSIFY DATA ON AFGHAN TROOPS AFTER WATCHDOG DISPUTE

Commander in Afghanistan heading the new Resolute Support mission had said data needed to be classified to protect the Afghan National Security Forces ANSF ... READ MORE›