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October 21, 2017

The Latest: Pakistan condemns mosque attacks in Afghanistan

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Pakistan is strongly condemning two suicide attacks ...

October 20, 2017

Report: 152 Afghan trainees have gone AWOL in US since 2005

At least 152 Afghans sent to the United States for military training during the course of the war against the Taliban have ...

October 19, 2017

Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp

The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country overnight, including an ...

October 14, 2017

Family freed returns to Canada, says 1 child killed

Former hostage Joshua Boyle said upon arriving back in Canada that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant ...

October 13, 2017

Votel: More US advisers will help break Afghan war stalemate

U.S. military troops in Afghanistan have begun working with smaller Afghan units to prepare them for a more aggressive ...

October 01, 2017

Official: 10 Afghan forces mistakenly killed in airstrike

At least 10 Afghan security forces were killed after the Afghan Air Force mistakenly dropped bombs on their checkpoint in ...

September 27, 2017

Civilians hurt by US airstrike responding to Taliban attack

The Taliban unleashed a barrage of rockets at the Kabul international airport on Wednesday in a brazen attack that the ...

September 27, 2017

The Latest: US airstrike caused civilian casualties

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 11:21 p.m. The U.S. military says it conducted an airstrike in ...

September 25, 2017

Pakistani cricket star Khan criticizes US's Afghan policy

Cricket legend and potential Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Monday criticized the United States' new strategy for ...

September 21, 2017

Afghan leader: Abolishing militant havens in Pakistan is key

Abolishing militant hideouts in Pakistan is critical to establishing peace in neighboring Afghanistan, the Afghan leader said ...

September 20, 2017

Afghan president details US strategy for Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says the Trump administration has a four-year objective to bring 80 percent of the country ...

September 15, 2017

1 Romanian soldier killed in Afghanistan Kandahar attack

A car carrying explosives rammed into a convoy of international troops in southern Afghanistan on Friday killing a Romanian ...

September 10, 2017

US historian who spent decades in Afghanistan dies at 90

An American historian who spent decades in Afghanistan working to preserve the heritage of the war-torn country died Sunday.

August 29, 2017

Taliban suicide bomber targets Kabul bank, kills 5 people

A suicide bombing in a busy commercial area in Kabul near a string of banks and not far from the U.S. Embassy killed at least ...

August 27, 2017

The Latest: Official says 10 killed in Afghan car bombing

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 9:05 p.m. A local official says 10 people — both military and ...

August 25, 2017

The Latest: IS attack targets Afghanistan's Shiites

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 6:20 p.m. A senior hospital official says at least 20 people ...

August 25, 2017

At least 20 people killed in mosque attack in Afghan capital

Militants stormed a packed Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital during Friday prayers, in an attack that lasted for hours and ...

August 24, 2017

US general vows to annihilate IS in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's security forces, with the help of U.S. and NATO ground and air support, will annihilate the Islamic State group ...

August 23, 2017

Afghan official: Taliban suicide car bombing kills 7 people

A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a military convoy in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Wednesday, killing at ...