More than 1,000 Taliban fighters assaulted the city, 150 km (95 miles) southwest of Kabul
An Afghan army helicopter swooped in low over the street near the Eidgah Mosque in a central district...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident
The victims, all working for a logistics company in Kabul, were from India, Macedonia and Malaysia, a...
Three civilians were wounded in the attacks and police have been deployed to find the launch site, Stanikzai...
President Ashraf Ghani now faces the challenge of reintegrating Dostum
The last Eid ceasefire came amid an increased diplomatic push to end the conflict
The ministry was attacked just over a month ago
After civil war in the early 1990s, which destroyed much of the city, the Taliban took control in 1996,...
Around 2,500 Taliban fighters entered Kabul during the three-day ceasefire and most had refused to return...
A series of bombings in Kabul has killed dozens of people in recent months and shown no sign of easing...
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack
The Taliban are stepping up their Al Khandaq spring offensive in an apparent rejection of calls to take...
It is not known who is responsible for the kidnapping or whether a ransom has been sought for their...
According to a provisional toll by the health ministry, at least 21 people were killed, including four...
The blasts follow several bloody attacks across the country including a bombing that targeted a voter...
The announcement underlines the risk to parliamentary and district council elections due to be held in...
It was the deadliest blast in Kabul since about 100 people were killed in January by a bomb concealed...
In Kabul on Saturday police stood guard at a school being used as a registration centre but only a handful...
The Taliban controls large areas of Helmand, source of much of Afghanistan's opium crop