Trump makes surprise Afghanistan trip, voices hope for ceasefire
President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a...
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U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Afghanistan, close bases – U.S. negotiator
The United States would withdraw almost 5,000 troops from Afghanistan and close five bases within 135 days under a draft peace accord agreed with the...
Afghan wedding suicide blast kills 63, amid hopes for talks (updated)
A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the...
At least 20 killed, 50 injured in attack on VP candidate’s office in Kabul
At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential...
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and...
Taliban announce annual spring offensive in Afghanistan
Taliban fighters mounted a big attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday heralding the start of a spring offensive despite ongoing preparations for another round of...
At least 16 killed in bomb, gun attack in eastern Afghanistan
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL, March 6 (Reuters) – Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a construction company office in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on...
Roadblocks cast shadow over path to peace in Afghanistan
By Greg Torode, Rupam Jain and Abdul Qadir Sediqi US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the...
Afghans, diplomats surprised by Trump plan to pull out troops
Afghan officials and America’s Western partners reacted with unease on Friday to reports that the United States planned to withdraw more than 5,000 of its 14,000...
Attack on Afghan intelligence service team kills four
An attack targeting members of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency just outside the capital Kabul on Tuesday killed at least four people and wounded six others,...
At least 23 Afghan civilians killed in US air strike – UN
A United Nations investigation has found that at least 23 Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in a US airstrike in...
Suicide bomber kills over 50 at religious event in Kabul
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a banqueting hall where Islamic religious scholars had gathered in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing more...
Suicide bomber kills six near police checkpoint in Afghan capital
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least six people near a police checkpoint, including policemen,...
Afghan army helicopter crashes, killing 25 on board-officials
An Afghan army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 crew and passengers, provincial officials said. Naser Mehri, a spokesman for the governor...
Suicide blast kills six near prison in Afghan capital
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of Afghanistan’s largest prison on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding three, officials said,...
Afghanistan delays vote in Kandahar after killing of commander
Saturday’s parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar will be delayed by a week after the assassination of one of the country’s most...
Bomb under office chair kills Afghanistan election candidate (Update)
An Afghan lawmaker contesting this week’s parliamentary elections was among four people killed on Wednesday by a bomb planted under his office chair, officials said,...
Tajik or Russian plane bombs Afghan border area, six dead
A Tajik or Russian aircraft bombed a northeastern Afghan border district during a clash between gunmen and Tajik border guards, and six of the gunmen...
Taliban kidnap dozens in Afghanistan’s north despite ceasefire
Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on Monday, a day after the government...
Afghan president congratulates armed forces for Ghazni victory
President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Afghanistan’s armed forces in Ghazni on Friday for their victory over Taliban insurgents in the strategically important city after clashes that killed...
