Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada has instructed the rank and file of the Taliban to express gratitude to Allah as they (The Taliban) have been granted big victory. The supreme leader who is yet to be seen by the public said the Taliban affiliates are being examined by Allah ...

KABUL: In Afghanistan, fifteen Taliban militants have been killed and nine others arrested during separate operations in Wardak and Paktika provinces. In a statement, Afghan command of special forces said the slain militants are found to be involved in terror crimes. 

KABUL: In Afghanistan, over 40 Taliban militants were killed in latest airstrikes conducted by Afghan Air Force within the past 24 hours. According to the government spokesperson, in the eastern province of Ghazni, 16 Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded in two separate ...

KABUL - Heavy clashes are ongoing in Ajristan district of Ghazni province as Taliban reportedly advance on government forces, security sources confirmed on Sunday. Commandos were still on their way at 11.30am local time. Sources said clashes between security forces and insurgents are ...

In Syria, seventeen people including seven children have been killed in air-strikes and shelling by government forces near Damascus. APP/AFP

Syrian pro-government forces have entered the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin, reports say, raising the risk of clashes with Turkey. It comes a day after Syria's state news agency said "Popular Forces" would be sent there to counter "the Turkish regime's attack". Turkish troops and pro-Turkish ...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Turkey threatens to battle Syrian government troops if they enter Syrian enclave to protect Kurdish fighters. Syrian TV: Pro-government forces to enter Kurdish enclave BEIRUT (AP) -- Pro-Syrian government forces will begin entering the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin in the ...

SRINAGAR, INDIA: Five freedom fighters were shot dead by government forces on Thursday in Indian-held Kashmir, officials said, as the occupied territory reels from the deadliest upsurge in armed conflict this decade.More than 200 separatists have been killed in violent clashes in occupied Kashmir ...

Taliban fighters have captured the key district of Sangin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand after security forces pulled out, leaving the district centre to the insurgents, officials said on Thursday.Helmand, which accounts for the bulk of Afghanistan's billion dollar opium crop, is ...

In Syria, 82 people have been killed in fighting between Islamic State militants and government forces in Deir al-Zor city.Monitoring groups say that the IS militants have launched an assault on the city to capture a government enclave.Those killed include twenty eight government troops and allied ...