The Taliban have strengthened their grip over the past three years, with the government in Kabul controlling...

In October, Pakistan released one of the co-founders of the Taliban and another high-ranking...

The Taliban have refused to talk directly with Ghani's government, which they consider an illegitimate...

Afghans took to Facebook to express concerns about the apparent deliberate targeting of Hazaras

Afghan and Western security officials, fearing the kind of sectarian violence that has devastated Iraq,...

In a statement on Saturday, Russia's foreign ministry said the talks were now confirmed to be held...

The aircraft crashed due to ‘bad weather’ in Anar Dara district, Farah provincial governor...

Three people were injured in the blast  

One police officer was killed when the militant, who was on foot, blew up near a vehicle carrying Independent...

Three civilians and two policemen were among the dead

Around three million Afghans voted on Saturday

The untried biometric technology, aimed at preventing election fraud, was rushed in at the last minute,...

Miller was also at the meeting and was heading to his helicopter to return to Kabul when the gunman,...

General Abdul Razeq, the Kandahar police commander, was killed outside the provincial governor's...

Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the assault

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which takes the number of candidates killed...

Such cooperation is the first by the two Asian giants which have long been locked in a tussle for influence...

In the western province of Herat, two gunmen attacked the campaign office of a candidate in Injeel district,...

Explosives were placed in a motorcycle near the rally, which was to have been addressed by the candidate,...

The declaration comes just days before the parliamentary election, which is seen as a crucial dry run...

The Taliban set fire to a government building in Wardak's Sayeed Abad district and killed the district...