As major political factions and strongmen unite in a broad coalition to challenge Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the elections, the resignation of key confidante Hanif Atmar adds to Kabul’s challenges as it reels from bold Taliban attacks and threats from the Islamic State (IS) militants.
Waziristan protestors say that while authorities have accepted to investigate whether security shot dead a protestor and injured several more in the northwestern North Waziristan tribal district last week, a top military spokesman said such a probe will only “ascertain facts” and the security forces hadn’t killed or injured anyone in the restive region.
A Tajik or Russian plane carried out an air strike on August 26 in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar Province after clashes erupted near Tajikistan’s border, Afghan officials said on August 27.
Authorities say the head of Islamic State militants in Afghanistan has been killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar Province.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has rejected the resignations of three senior security officials in his cabinet, after the country’s national security adviser stepped down and was replaced, his office says.
As VOA's Urdu Service reports, these brave young women are rising to the occasion to serve their country and become the newest members of Pakistan's Elite Commandos.
A year after President Donald Trump announced his strategy for Afghanistan, the war there is at a virtual stalemate, and Pakistan holds the key to whether the Taliban insurgents it has sheltered and supported for decades join the peace process or continue to fight for their avowed aim of forcing the United States to withdraw its troops.
Afghan officials say three gunmen have been killed in central Kabul after they fired a barrage of rockets while President Ashraf Ghani was making a speech to mark the start of the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday.
Officials in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz say the Taliban have taken more than 100 people, including women and children, hostage after seizing the buses they were traveling in.
Afghan security forces claim to be in control of the city of Ghazni after an attack by Taliban militants set off almost five days of fighting. Video shot on August 15 shows burned-out markets and a heavy security presence on the streets.
A suicide bomber has targeted students preparing for university exams in a predominantly Shi’ite neighborhood in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 48 people and wounding 67 others, official say.
Irrespective of the latest battlefield wins and losses, the Taliban appear to have achieved some major political and military objectives by overrunning Ghazni, a vital Afghan city home to an estimated 280,000 people.
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