*NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance has helped provide security in Afghanistan for almost two decades, but the Afghan government and the Afghan forces are strong enough to stand on their own feet in absence of international troops’ support.* The US and coalition forces ...

Afghanistan on Sunday claimed to have killed at least 90 Taliban militants amid heavy fighting in Kandahar province. The Defense Ministry said multiple assaults by the Taliban were repulsed, and subsequent clean-up operations conducted in different districts of the restive southern ...

ISLAMABAD- Ghazni, Afghanistan, Ten insurgents were killed in clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, the first time authorities have confirmed direct fighting since a recent ceasefire expired. According to defence ministry spokesman Fawad ...

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has strongly condemned the unprovoked aggressive action by Afghan forces and evident support to terrorists which resulted in martyrdom of one FC soldier and injuries two others. The Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement said terrorist operating from Afghanistan resorted to ...

ISLAMABAD-Dozens of Taliban fighters stormed three checkposts in pre-dawn raids in northern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing at least eight security personnel, in the latest attack on government forces ahead of expected peace talks.It comes after authorities this week accused the Taliban of increasing ...

KABUL (AT News): At least 406 Taliban militants have surrendered to the Afghan security forces in three western provinces within one month, ministry of defense said on Tuesday. Ministry’s spokesman, Fawad Aman said that 59 Taliban fighters laid down their arms and surrendered to the Afghan ...

RAWALPINDI - 6 Pakistani soldiers were injured in Afghan forces fire and shelling at Afghan border. Six soldiers were injured, when Afghan security forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from across the border. Five civilians were also injured. According to the ISPR, the Afghan security ...

KABUL - In a surprise, Large number of Afghan Taliban voluntarily surrender to Afghan Forces. In Afghanistan, forty-one Taliban militants had surrendered to Afghan government security forces in northern Takhar province. In a statement, Interior Ministry said they also handed over their ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghan Forces claims killing Taliban Military Commission Chief in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense further rejected Taliban claims regarding civilian casualties in Ghazni operations, emphasizing that the security forces killed Taliban’s military commission chief in the raid, ...

KABUL: In Afghanistan, government forces have recaptured Bilcheragh district in Faryab province. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said the Taliban captured the district a year ago and closed schools in area.