A series of deadly militant attacks have struck sport facilities and athletes in Afghanistan, where sports have flourished in recent years.
Afganistan's Shi'ite Hazara minority is widely fearful of efforts to foment a Shi’a-Sunni divide that could plunge the country into sectarian and political rifts not seen since the fratricidal civil war of the 1990s.
The death toll from a suicide attack on a protest gathering in eastern Afghanistan has soared to 68, officials said.
The Afghan military has increased its vetting of local forces working with U.S. troops in order to minimize insider attacks, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said.
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.
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