Taliban kidnaps more than 100 bus passengers

Latest brazen assault by insurgents comes despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's announcement of conditional cease-fire

• Aug 20, 2018

Dozens killed as bomber hits college students in Afghan capital

Attack in largely Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Kabul blamed on ISIS faction in Afghanistan

• Aug 15, 2018

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

• Aug 15, 2018

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

• Aug 14, 2018

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"

• Aug 13, 2018

U.S. helps Afghan forces repel Taliban siege on major city

Dozens of militants, at least 14 police killed in Taliban attempt to overrun Ghazni city, just 75 miles from capital

• Aug 10, 2018

Gun battle, hostages reportedly held after blast in Afghan city

Militants launch bomb and gun attack in Jalalabad, targeting gov't immigration office immigration, day after civilian bus hit by bomb

• Jul 31, 2018

20 killed as ISIS bomber reportedly targets Taliban officials

Police say a Taliban commander among dead in bomb attack in northern Afghanistan as ISIS-Taliban fighting escalates

• Jul 17, 2018

2nd American service member killed in Afghanistan in less than a week

The service member died of a wound sustained in a combat operation, according to officials

• Jul 12, 2018

U.S. service member killed, 2 injured in Afghanistan "insider attack"

The injured service members are being treated and are in stable condition, according to a statement

• Jul 7, 2018

Taliban resumes deadly assault after rejecting truce extension

Officials say at least 13 troops killed and more wounded in ongoing attack on military in Badghis province

• Jun 20, 2018

Bomber strikes gathering of mostly Taliban members celebrating cease-fire

Devastating explosion came as previously unthinkable scenes of unarmed Taliban fighters celebrating Eid, often alongside Afghan security forces, played out

• Jun 16, 2018

U.S. sees opportunity as Afghans halt Taliban fight

Top American commanders say Afghans' unilateral cease-fire will give U.S. forces chance to focus on another enemy

• Jun 8, 2018

Afghan leader announces truce with Taliban

President Ashraf Ghani says weeklong cease-fire for Ramadan will not halt operations against ISIS or al Qaeda

• Jun 7, 2018

Islamic clerics hit by bomber right after suicide attack "fatwa"

Senior Afghan clerics had just issued "fatwa" forbidding suicide bombing under Islamic law when attacker struck

• Jun 4, 2018

ISIS claims deadly attack on key Afghan gov't compound

Interior Ministry comes under attack in Kabul as Islamic extremists wage increasingly bloody battle in Afghan capital city

• May 30, 2018

Fierce battle as Taliban militants besiege provincial capital

Afghan officials give varying accounts amid chaos, but Interior Ministry says at least 6 troops among the dead

• May 15, 2018

9 journalists among dozens killed in twin suicide attacks

ISIS affiliate claims deadly blasts in Afghanistan's capital city, including one that appeared to target the media

• Apr 30, 2018

Carnage as airstrike hits boy's school in Taliban territory

"I arrived at the scene right after the airstrikes -- it was like a butcher's shop. Everywhere was covered with blood," one witness says

• Apr 3, 2018

Suicide attack in Kabul as Afghans mark national holiday

The Persian new year is known in Afghanistan as Nauruz; dozens killed by ISIS bomber on road to Shiite shrine to celebrate

• Mar 21, 2018

Mattis says Afghan victory still possible, but not on battlefield

On unannounced visit to Kabul, U.S. defense chief says after 16 years of war, some militants "tired of fighting" and might be reasoned with

• Mar 13, 2018

Huge blast kills little girl in Kabul, leaves other kids wounded

At least 15 injured in explosion in Afghan capital, which witnesses say was a suicide car bomb

• Mar 2, 2018

Taliban suspected in abduction of dozens, including cops

Insurgents attack police checkpoint and stop bus carrying police in restive Kandahar province

• Feb 28, 2018

Millions of Afghans tell court they're war crimes victims

"It is shocking there are so many," rights worker says of statements on alleged atrocities collected by International Criminal Court

• Feb 16, 2018

Civilian casualties down, airstrike deaths up in Afghanistan

7 percent increase in people killed, injured by U.S., allied air power -- highest number from airstrikes in single year since 2009

• Feb 15, 2018

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