Taliban kill more than a dozen Afghan forces in attack on new checkpoint
Assault in Ghazni province is the latest as a resurgent Taliban hold nearly half of the country, staging near-daily attacks on security forces
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More than 30 dead in chopper crash, suicide bombing in Afghanistan
Army helicopter goes down, killing all 25 on board, and suicide bomber hit outside country's biggest prison, killing at least 7, officials say
Violence plagues Afghan parliamentary elections
Afghanistan was rocked by a wave of deadly terror attacks as voters went to the polls in a high-stakes national election. Charlie D'Agata reports.
General survives insider attack in Afghanistan
Afghans will head to the polls Saturday for parliamentary elections, days after an insider attack in Kabul that killed several top Afghan officials. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from Kabul where U.S. Gen. Scott Miller made a surprise appearance after surviving the attack.
Security forces to try reassure Afghan voters amid election threats
Afghanistan's parliamentary elections have been overshadowed by threats of violence from the Taliban and ISIS
Assassination puts Afghan election on hold for entire province
And there is more information on just how close the devastating attack was to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan
Afghans remain resilient amid attacks aimed at derailing election
Ten candidates have been assassinated, including one who was killed by a bomb planted in his couch
U.S. commander escapes attack, but top Afghan ally killed
Pentagon says 3 Americans injured in Taliban-claimed shooting at Kandahar governor's palace, with regional police chief killed
Elections in Afghanistan
Parliamentary elections are days away in Afghanistan. The Taliban and ISIS is doing all they can to disrupt the vote. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from Nangarhar, the deadliest province for Americans in 2017.
U.S. troops battle Taliban and ISIS ahead of Afghan elections
Soldiers who were fifth graders when the war began in 2001 now direct Afghan forces in operations to clear ISIS-held villages
Pentagon orders pause in F-35 fighter jet flights in wake of crash
The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fly different versions of the stealthy fighter
Taliban claims deadly attack on Afghan security forces
Police chief in northern Afghan province says 12 of his own killed along with 30 militants in failed Taliban bid to seize district
Suicide bomber hits Kabul memorial procession
It was another weekend of bloodshed in Afghanistan. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle bombed a memorial procession in the capital city of Kabul. Elsewhere in the city, the Taliban is suspected of attacking a checkpoint on Saturday. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Elite Afghan forces serve as the first line of defense in America's longest war
Four elite teams are spread throughout the entire country, and a squad of about 50 is about all there is to take care of Kabul
Student lives in fear in Afghanistan
Relentless violence in Afghanistan has surged in recent days, and hundreds have been killed in Kabul this year alone. One student who survived a deadly attack by Taliban suspects on the American University of Afghanistan in 2016 says she fears for her life more than ever. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Student shot in 2016 attack in Afghanistan fears for her life more than ever
Relentless violence in Afghanistan has surged in recent days, with four attacks in 24 hours leaving at least 40 dead
As Mattis touts "reconciliation," war claims more U.S., Afghan lives
Day after double ISIS bombing kills 21 civilians, violence persists in America's longest war
Deadly suicide blast tears through Afghan sports hall
Suicide bomber, car bomb strike wrestling training center in Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital
Pompeo has tough task to "reset" ties in Pakistan
Chief diplomat arrives right after U.S. cancels $300M in funding and taps contentious figure in region as key U.S. adviser
Founder of brutal Afghan militant group dies, Taliban says
Jalaluddin Haqqani started the Haqqani network, which carried out many major attacks since U.S. invasion; his son now runs the group
Rockets fired at diplomatic area during Afghan president’s holiday speech
"If they are thinking the rocket attack will keep Afghans down, they are wrong," Ashraf Ghani says as explosions heard in live broadcast
Taliban kidnaps more than 100 bus passengers
Latest brazen assault by insurgents comes despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's announcement of conditional cease-fire
Taliban stages another deadly attack on Afghan forces
Fresh attack in north comes as major city slowly recovers from days-long siege by the Islamic insurgency
Taliban overruns Afghan base, killing 17 soldiers
Siege on base in Faryab province comes with Afghanistan's U.S.-backed forces entrenched elsewhere, defending key city of Ghazni
U.S. downplays "failed" Taliban siege as 100 Afghan forces killed
Just 75 miles from capital, Ghazni has been under assault for 4 days, but U.S. says remaining militants "do not pose a threat to its collapse"
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