Afghan special forces launched a new offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Nangarhar province, killing 27 militants, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghanistan postpones presidential election
Afghanistan’s presidential election, initially scheduled for April, will be postponed for several months to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October’s parliamentary elections, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Death toll from attack in Afghan capital soars to 40
The death toll from a Christmas Eve attack in the Afghan capital has climbed to 40, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as police and rescue workers combed through the smoldering public welfare building where the gunmen held out for eight hours against s… Continue reading →
{FD} Official: 29 killed in hours-long brazen attack Kabul
A brazen hours-long coordinated assault on a government building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed 29 people, most of them employees of the department for martyrs and disabled persons, said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan president appoints Pakistan critics to 2 top posts
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appointed hard-line opponents of neighboring Pakistan to two top security posts on Sunday, potentially complicating U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Taliban ahead of next summer’s withdrawal of 7,000 American tr… Continue reading →
{FD} Afghanistan hosts Pakistan, China for wide-ranging talks
The foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Pakistan and China met Saturday in Kabul to discuss trade, development and ways to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war. Continue reading →
{FD} Young Afghan Messi fan threatened by criminals, Taliban
A young Afghan soccer fan who shot to fame after he was photographed in a Messi shirt made from a plastic bag has been forced to flee with his family to the capital after criminal gangs and the Taliban threatened to kill or kidnap him, his mother said … Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan official: Taliban kill 14 troops in western province
The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts in western Herat province, killing 14 Afghan soldiers and taking another 21 captive, a provincial official said Friday, the latest in a series of daily attacks by insurgents … Continue reading →
{FD} Taliban attack in Kabul killed 6, including British national
A brazen Taliban attack that targeted the Kabul offices of a British security company killed five of its staffers, including a British national, the company said Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan officials: Taliban attacks kill 20 police, 10 troops
A Taliban ambush of a police convoy in western Afghanistan killed 20 policemen while 10 troops died in an insurgent attack on an army checkpoint in the north, Afghan officials said Monday as minority Shiites took to the streets in Kabul for the second … Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan official: Blast at army base mosque kills 9 soldiers
An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in the country’s volatile eastern Khost province as Friday prayers were drawing to a close, killing nine soldiers and wounding 22s, the military said. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan officials: Taliban kill 30 policemen in west province
A blistering overnight attack by the Taliban on an Afghan police outpost in western Farah province killed 30 policemen, Afghan officials said Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan army helicopter crashes, killing all 25 on board
An Afghan army helicopter crashed Wednesday in bad weather in the western Farah province, killing all 25 people on board, including the deputy corps commander of the western zone, a provincial spokesman said. Continue reading →
{FD} Attacks kill 19 Afghan forces after twin bombings in Kabul
Insurgents killed 19 security personnel in separate assaults in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, a day after twin bombings in Kabul killed 21 people, including two local TV reporters. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan officials: Taliban take at least 100 people hostage
The Taliban ambushed a convoy of busses Monday on a road in northern Afghanistan and took more than 100 people hostage, including women and children, in the latest brazen assault by insurgents, provincial officials said. Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan president visits key city, week after Taliban raid
The Afghan president visited the embattled southeastern city of Ghazni on Friday, a week after the Taliban in a surprise attack managed to infiltrate deep into the key provincial capital and capture several areas of it. Continue reading →
{FD} Gunmen besiege Kabul compound as Afghans mourn Shite dead
Gunmen besieged a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, police said, as the city’s Shiite residents held funeral services for the victims of a horrific suicide bombing the previous day that left 34 dead. Continue reading →
{FD} Officials: Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14
Taliban fighters tried to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan early on Friday, hiding inside homes before slipping into city streets during the night to attack security forces and killing at least 14 policemen before being pushed back, official… Continue reading →
{FD} Afghan officials: Taliban attacks across country kill 12
A string of Taliban attacks in western and eastern Afghanistan have left at least 12 people dead, including four women who died in the crossfire during a shootout between insurgents and the military, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Suicide bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 29
Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people and wounding another 81, officials said. Continue reading →
