Afghanistan

US loosening limits on Pentagon drone raids: Report

Mar 14, 2017 12:16

The administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to roll back limitations that tie the Pentagon’s hands in carrying out lethal drone strikes around the world, officials say.
One killed as explosion rocks employees’ bus in Afghan capital

Mar 13, 2017 13:46

A powerful explosion has struck a bus in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one woman and injuring 19 others.
Two Taliban 'infiltrators' shoot 8 police to death in Zabul

Mar 11, 2017 16:15

Eight Afghan policemen have been killed in their base by "infiltrators" in an attack claimed by the Taliban in Shinkia district of the southern province of Zabul.
US working on new Afghanistan invasion strategy: US Commander

Mar 09, 2017 16:39

The top US commander for the Middle East says Washington requires to put more troops on the ground in Afghanistan in the face of resurgent Taliban.
Pakistan indefinitely shuts down border with Afghanistan amid tension

Mar 09, 2017 13:12

Pakistan has indefinitely shut down two border crossings with Afghanistan, after opening them briefly over the past two days.
Over 30 killed in Daesh attack on military hospital in Afghan capital

Mar 08, 2017 12:51

More than 30 people have been killed and some 50 others injured in an attack by heavily-armed militants on Afghanistan's largest military hospital in the capital, Kabul.
Militants raid hospital in Kabul’s diplomatic district

Mar 08, 2017 06:54

Suspected militants have attacked the diplomatic district in the Afghan capital of Kabul, entering the country’s largest military hospital near the US Embassy there.
Daesh terrorists impose 'Afghan dress' in Syria's Raqqah

Mar 06, 2017 17:30

The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has imposed an 'Afghan-style' dress code on men in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah so that its members can’t be distinguished from civilians.
Taliban kill police chief in Afghanistan

Mar 05, 2017 06:49

Taliban militants have assassinated a police chief in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab Province, police say.
Casualties as Taliban let bombers loose on Kabul

Mar 01, 2017 11:19

In a daring push, bombers with the Taliban militant group have staged back-to-back attacks against separate highly-secured locations in the Afghan capital Kabul.