KABUL – The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has changed the name of all military corps months after toppling the West-backed Ashraf Ghani’s government. Reports said that the defense ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has issued directives in this regard. The new names of ...

Afghan soldiers have described carrying their wounded comrades across the border to Tajikistan link after being abandoned by their commanders link the Taliban seized a key border crossing. The soldiers -- part of a group of more than 1,000 who fled to Tajikistan link when the insurgents took ...

At least nine civilians were killed in a landmine and an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr despite a brief truce for the Muslim festival, officials confirmed Tuesday. Authorities in the restive southern Kandahar province said two ...

In Afghanistan, 46 people including 36 Taliban and seven security personnel have been killed in clashes in different parts of the country. At least ten people, including three civilians, were killed in Herat, Sar-e-Pul, Farah and Uruzgan provinces on Sunday. Security officials in northeastern ...

Over 40 Afghan security force members have been killed in fighting with the Taliban over the past 24 hours, with the majority of casualties reported in volatile areas in Kunduz, Baghlan and Nimroz province. Meanwhile, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that the Afghan security forces have ...

In Afghanistan, sixteen security force members and two civilians along with several militants have been killed, in two separate clashes in northern Kunduz province.

In Afghanistan, six Afghan security personnel have been killed in a Taliban attack at a security checkpoint in the northern Kunduz province. According to District Governor Mahboubullah Sayedi, three more security personnel were injured and three others have gone missing.

KABUL (Agencies): The Afghan Ministry of Defence has said the Taliban staged attacks in 24 provinces of the country. The provinces are Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Logar, Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Kandahar, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor, Faryab, ...

Afghanistan, at least 12 civilians were killed and more than 10 others injured in twin airstrikes in country's northeastern province of Kunduz. Talking to media, Fatima Aziz, a member of parliament who represents Kunduz, said that the first strike targeted a Taliban base but the second one caused ...

KABUL: The Afghan air force conducted multiple strikes on Taliban positions on Saturday that killed more than 30 insurgent fighters, officials said, as President Ashraf Ghani once again called for a ceasefire. The Taliban claimed the strike had killed nearly two dozen civilians including women ...