Afghan security forces have launched a two-pronged offensive to take on the Taliban in areas where the militant group has made gains in recent days.
One of only two women serving as governors in Afghanistan, Sima Joyenda didn't expect things to be easy upon her appointment to lead Ghor Province. But the death threats amid calls for her to resign are something new.
Russia has hinted at boosting its military and security involvement in Afghanistan but faces the added challenge of a troubled history.
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that he will slow plans to draw down U.S. forces from Afghanistan, with 5,500 troops to stay after 2016.
Afghan refugees in neighboring Pakistan face reduced aid programs as European and Syrian migrant crisis leads to a funding shortfall
The Taliban say they are withdrawing from Kunduz, a strategic city in northern Afghanistan that fell to the militant Islamic extremists in September.
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on October 12 as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their brief capture of Kunduz city.
The Taliban has declared two of Afghanistan's major television networks and their employees legitimate targets due to their alleged "disrespectful and hostile actions" against the militant group.
New growing techniques flourish as farmers and experts scramble to maintain food production despite dry conditions and population boom
Prior to the recent Kunduz air strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital, NGOs have reported a growing trend of worsening violence as the Taliban insurgency spreads and other militants pose a threat
President Barack Obama has apologized to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for the deadly U.S. air strike on a hospital in northern Afghanistan.
The UN says all international aid organizations have left the embattled Afghan city amid heavy fighting and the accidental bombing of a hospital.
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