Taliban attack breaks months of quiet in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban attacked a convoy of foreign vehicles in Kabul on Friday with gunfire and a suicide car bomb that was heard across the Afghan capital, the...
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Afghan Taliban says frees four remaining Turks
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday it had freed the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the Islamist group said in a statement, adding...
Seven U.S. troops killed in Afghan bomb, insider attack
KABUL (Reuters) - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO and Western officials in Kabul said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks...
Seven U.S. troops killed in Afghan bomb, insider attack
KABUL (Reuters) - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO and Western officials in Kabul said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks...
Analysis: Afghan security vacuum feared along “gateway to Kabul”
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan policeman manning a checkpoint glances at the snow-covered mountains that are home to Taliban fighters and predicts what would happen if elite U.S....
Suicide bomber kills nine Afghans during Hagel visit
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Defense Ministry gate in Kabul on Saturday killing nine civilians during a visit to Afghanistan by U.S. Defense Secretary...
Afghan police officer drugs, kills 17 colleagues
KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan police officer drugged 17 colleagues and shot them dead on Wednesday with the aid of the Taliban, police said, the latest in a series of...
NATO air strikes for Afghan security forces must end: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces will be banned from calling for NATO air strikes in residential areas to help in their operations, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, three...
NATO air strikes for Afghan security forces must end: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces will be banned from calling for NATO air strikes in residential areas to help in their operations, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, three...
Six bombers attack spy agency in Kabul, kill two
KABUL (Reuters) - Six suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on Afghanistan's spy agency in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least two and wounding 22 others, Afghan officials said. The...