KABUL: At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern province of Zabul, officials said, as the insurgents escalate their annual spring offensive.Local officials made desperate calls to Afghan television ...

KABUL (APP/AFP) - The Afghan defence minister and his army chief resigned Monday, days after a Taliban attack at a military base in northern Afghanistan killed or wounded more than 100 soldiers, a presidential statement said."President Ashraf Ghani has accepted the resignation of the defence ...

KABUL: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after his Afghan counterpart resigned over a deadly Taliban attack that triggered anger and left the embattled army in disarray.Mattis branded the Taliban "barbaric", but would not be drawn on recent ...

KABUL: Afghan Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and the Army's Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shahim resigned on Monday and the Afghan president has accepted their resignations, the country's presidential palace confirmed. The resignations came in the wake of a deadly Taliban attack on an army base ...

A suicide car bomb struck near a military base in Afghanistan's Khost province on Monday, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported.The Afghan interior ministry confirmed that a car bomb went off near a military base at around 1pm local time.There are no reports available about whether the blast ...

Mazar-i-Sharif: Afghan families buried their dead and the country observed a national day of mourning Sunday after at least 100 soldiers were killed or wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base, prompting angry calls for ministers and army chiefs to resign.The exact toll from Friday’s ...

KABUL: (APP) Afghan lawmakers on Monday approved President Ashraf Ghani's nominees for defence minister and intelligence director, two crucial posts that sat vacant for months as the country struggles to rein in an ascendant insurgency.The confirmations came as attacks left at least 23 people dead ...