Afghanistan

Afghans spur India on Chabahar development

Sep 12, 2017 07:25

Afghanistan has urged India to speed up development of Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar which is on a course to open a transport corridor to landlocked Central Asian nations.
NATO convoy attacked near Bagram airfield outside Afghan capital

Sep 11, 2017 12:56

Casualties have been reported after a bomber attacked a convoy of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, officials say.
Afghan conflict has no military solution: Iran

Sep 11, 2017 07:16

Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran says there is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and the continuation of foreign military presence in the country will further complicate the situation.
US authorizes sending 3,500 more soldiers to Afghanistan: US official

Sep 07, 2017 03:13

The United States has authorized deployment of 3,500 additional troops to war battered Afghanistan.
Attack on Bagram base in Afghanistan leaves several casualties

Sep 07, 2017 00:24

Afghan and US military officials have confirmed an attack on the prestigious Bagram airfield in the east of Afghanistan.
Australia investigates war crimes by soldiers in Afghanistan

Sep 02, 2017 06:55

Australia’s military watchdog has launched a probe into reports of possible war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan over the past years.
US airstrike kills 30 civilians in eastern Afghanistan: Witnesses

Aug 30, 2017 13:37

Reports coming out of Afghanistan suggest that fresh US airstrikes in the country’s eastern Logar province have killed around 30 people.
Germany welcomes US troop boost in Afghanistan, but won’t follow suit

Aug 23, 2017 10:02

The German government announced that US President Donald Trump’s decision to send additional troops to Afghanistan was “the right thing to do.”
Taliban bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand leaves casualties

Aug 23, 2017 08:26

At least five people have been killed and over 2 dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded at a police headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province.
Tillerson says US won’t win 'battlefield victory' in Afghanistan

Aug 23, 2017 07:49

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has undermined President Donald Trump’s promise to win the Afghan war and defeating the Taliban, saying Washington might not succeed in the war.