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The strike on a car killed all five onboard, including a woman who had given birth hours before, relatives and officials said. KHOST, Afghanistan -- An American drone strike on [...]

Byline: David Zucchino and Farooq Jan Mangal KABUL, Afghanistan - Muhammad Didar Mukhlis Afghan, a sergeant serving at a remote Afghan Army base, was pleased when his nephew invited his [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Muhammad Didar Mukhlis Afghan, a sergeant serving at a remote Afghan Army base, was pleased when his nephew invited his wife and son to his wedding back [...]

KHOST, Afghanistan -- A bombing deep inside an army base in Afghanistan during Friday prayers at a mosque killed at least 27 soldiers and wounded dozens, officials said, once again [...]

PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan -- Ordered to investigate an airstrike by American warplanes that killed at least 17 Afghan men on Tuesday, Afghan and American investigators have reached starkly different conclusions about [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American airstrike killed at least a dozen Afghan security forces during intense fighting with the Taliban near the Afghan capital, officials said Tuesday. Hundreds of armed [...]

KHOST, Afghanistan -- At least 29 people were killed when suicide bombers disguised in women's clothing stormed a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday Prayer, officials said, the latest [...]

KHOST, Afghanistan -- American airstrikes in the southeastern Afghan province of Paktika killed at least 17 civilians, local officials and elders said on Thursday, differing from official American and Afghan [...]

KHOST, Afghanistan -- A suicide car bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded 15 on Sunday outside a United States base in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost, the site [...]

Byline: CARLOTTA GALL and FAROOQ JAN MANGAL GULAN CAMP, Afghanistan -- Through three decades of war, waves of Afghans have fled their homes along the eastern border areas, many of [...]

GULAN CAMP, Afghanistan -- Through three decades of war, waves of Afghans have fled their homes along the eastern border areas, many of them seeking shelter in the Pakistani tribal [...]

Byline: MATTHEW ROSENBERG and FAROOQ JAN MANGAL KABUL, Afghanistan -- A huge blast from a Toyota sport utility vehicle packed with explosives tore through a market in eastern Afghanistan on [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A sport utility vehicle packed with explosives detonated in a market in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing down shops and leaving the bloodied remains of men, women [...]

Byline: MATTHEW ROSENBERG and FAROOQ JAN MANGAL KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press was killed and a reporter from the news agency was wounded by [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- For the two seasoned war correspondents, it was not an unusually risky trip. Getting out to see Afghanistan up close was what Anja Niedringhaus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber who walked into the crowded center of Khost in eastern Afghanistan on Monday morning as foreign and Afghan soldiers conducted a joint foot patrol [...]

KHOST, Afghanistan -- At least 21 people, apparently including 3 American soldiers, were killed Wednesday by a suicide bomber who attacked an American and Afghan military checkpoint in this provincial [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED KHOST, Afghanistan -- A member of a militia promoted by the American military to protect rural villages drugged his Afghan colleagues and killed at least nine of them [...]

Thirteen civilians crammed into a motorized rickshaw were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Paktika Province on Wednesday, according to the provincial governor, Muhibullah Samim. The rickshaw was taking [...]

The article reports on the rise of a generation of educated and professional women in Afghanistan. Topics mentioned include the possibility of power-sharing talks between the Taliban military group and the Afghan government, the strategy to include more women at less senior positions, and the goal of a 5-percent female presence in the police forces.

The article focuses on the U.S. diplomats are trying to build on parts of the peace deal made with Taliban, and has classified portions that outlined what military actions-on both sides were supposed to be prohibited under the signed agreement, according to American, Afghan and Taliban officials.

The article reports on the insider attacks that took place on American service members in Washington, D.C., causing injuries and deaths of the officials in September 2018.

The article reports on the closer integration of Haqqani militant network into the leadership of militant group Taliban which changing the flow of the Afghan insurgency in 2016, according to Afghan and American officials.

The article reports on scrutiny toward forces trained by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan after the deaths of civilians in the country.

The article reports on the Taliban-claimed attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan that left 10 people dead and dozens wounded as they exchanged fire with the security forces for more than six hours.

The article reports on the opposition of Afghan villagers against the government amidst the increasing incidents of bombings in the country.

The article reports on an assault on a Taliban hide-out in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight Afghan paramilitary soldiers, caused by an automobile bombing during a raid by the Khost Protection Force.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Evading security checks, a suicide bomber wearing a vest with explosives entered the customs compound in Kandahar on Monday and detonated the vest as several American soldiers were emerging from their armored vehicle in the compound's courtyard. The blast killed an American and an Afghan civilian and wounded five other people, including two of the soldiers, according to Afghan and NATO security forces and the United States Embassy. It was the fourth suicide bombing of the year in Kandahar Province. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO forces in Afghanistan launched two airstrikes against Taliban insurgents on the Pakistani side of the border, killing more than 30 people, military spokesmen confirmed on Monday. The airstrikes, which took place last Friday and Saturday, were unusual because they involved piloted aircraft rather than drones, which are more commonly used to attack insurgents on the Pakistani side of the border, and which are normally operated by the Central Intelligence Agency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on unassuming white leather high-top sneakers with green-and-yellow trim are a best seller for a roughly ha lf-dozen shoe vendors in a sprawling bazaar in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif but they are not in demand because they're the latest fashion trend.

The article reports on the decision by the Indian government to facilitate the return of Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members facing security threats in Afghanistan to India.

The article reports that U.S. is considering pulling back Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel from bases in Afghanistan and mentions efforts to reduce violence in the country in wake of peace agreement with the Taliban.

The article highlights the concerns towards Afghan roads that considers as the most dangerous in the world and turned into killing grounds through years of bitter guerrilla warfare. It highlights the killing of off-duty police officers and soldiers, judges and government officials on highways in Afghanistan's rugged country-side.

The article offers information related to the methodic abuse of boys in Afghan Province, Logar and mentions that accounts of rape stem from schools.

The article reports that supreme terrorist group Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour has appointed Mullah Abdul Manan, the brother of founding leader of Taliban Mullah Muhammad Omar and founder's son Mullah Muhammad Yaqoub into the senior leadership posts to end infighting.

The article focuses on the increasing death rates among Afghanistan Army resulting from their battle to take over the national security from the coalition forces. It states that more than 1,000 soldiers died while the international forces have lost around 400 soldiers in 2012. It says that the increase on the death rates indicates that the Army has an active role in Afghan-led operations wherein casualties and deaths are anticipated to rise.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan policeman on late-night guard duty at a checkpoint allowed Taliban insurgents to enter and kill nine other policemen as they slept in their beds, an official in the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday. The guard, who escaped, was a member of the Afghan Local Police, a unit trained and vetted by American Special Operations troops, according to Brig. Gen. Ali Shah Ahmadzai, who is in charge of the local police program at the Ministry of Interior. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban took the four men to the main bazaar in a southern Afghanistan district at evening prayer on Sunday, regional government officials said, denounced them as government spies because they were carrying satellite phones, then beheaded them in front of local residents who had been summoned to watch. Three days later, on Wednesday morning, the director of a relatively progressive radio station in eastern Afghanistan was found stabbed to death in his car. His back, stomach and chest had been slashed, and his throat slit, according to the man's brother, who said his head had been nearly severed from his body. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Shakila, 8 at the time, was drifting off to sleep when a group of men carrying AK-47s barged in through the door. She recalls that they complained, as they dragged her off into the darkness, about how their family had been dishonored and about how they had not been paid. It turns out that Shakila, who was abducted along with her cousin as part of a traditional Afghan form of justice known as ''baad,'' was the payment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In an audacious attack, insurgents assassinated the governor of Kunduz Province on Friday by bombing the mosque where he attended the weekly Friday Prayer, according to Afghan officials. The bomb blast killed 12 people and wounded 33 at the main mosque in Taliqan, the capital of Takhar Province, which borders Kunduz. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the U.S. has continued limited air support to Afghan national security forces in launching a half-dozen airstrikes as Taliban fighters has stepped up an offensive in the country's south before the full withdrawal of American troops ordered by the U.S. President Joe Biden.

The article reports updates on the peace negotiations between the U.S. government and the Taliban military organization which could put an end in the war in Afghanistan. Topics discussed include the peace talk progress acknowledged by U.S. chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad, the possibility of a Taliban cease-fire in the region, and the statement issued by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid regarding the withdrawal of foreign forces that operate in Afghanistan.

The article discusses repression present in strategy of control of Taliban in territories under their rule and mentions effect of arbitrary imprisonments which has become terror.

The article reports on preparation of Afghanistan to distribute its first batch of coronavirus vaccines and mentions delivery of doses of AstraZeneca- Oxford vaccine by an Indian manufacturers.

The article reports on killing of government intelligence officer and police officer in separate blast in Kabul, Afghanistan due to magnetic bombs attached to vehicles and mentions that bombs are part of Taliban strategy to sow terror and chaos among Afghans.

The article reports that Afghan residents are battling U.S. troops and the Afghan governments over land confiscated to build military bases.