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
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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
Gunmen attack intelligence service centre in Afghan Kabul
Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training centre for Afghanistan’s intelligence service on Thursday in the capital Kabul, officials said. Staff and officials
Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni
Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni city in central Afghanistan early on Friday, burning police checkpoints, shelling houses and business areas and seizing control of parts of
Pakistani Taliban leader killed in US-Afghan air strike
Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a US-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official said on Friday, a
Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag incident – PM
Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were “wrong” and punished at the
Afghanistan announces ceasefire with Taliban (Update)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for the first time announced an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban on Thursday, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting
