At least 32 people have been killed and around 130 wounded in a suicide attack on a gathering of protesters in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near a procession in the Afghan capital commemorating the death of a revered resistance leader that killed at least seven people.
Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a procession in Kabul commemorating the death of a revered resistance leader, injuring at least two people.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis have held talks with their counterparts in India, one day after Pompeo visited regional rival Pakistan.
Jalaluddin Haqqani had been out of the insurgency game for years but leaves behind an extensive legacy of violence in Afghanistan.
The governor of Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan says Afghan security forces have recaptured a strategic district from Taliban fighters who have controlled the area in recent weeks.
The founder of the Haqqani network, one of Afghanistan's most dangerous and feared militant groups, has died after a long illness, the network's ally, the Afghan Taliban, announced early on September 4.
U.S. Army General Scott Miller has assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan as Washington faces growing questions over its strategy to force the Taliban into peace talks with the Western-backed government in Kabul.
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.
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