Taliban

Casualties after attack on Afghan police base in Khost city

Khost, a restive Afghan province bordering Pakistan, is home to members of the Taliban and also Al Qaeda militants, officials say. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Senior Al Qaeda leader al Masri killed in Afghanistan – security officials

Abu Muhsin al Masri was on FBI's Most Wanted list and the announcement of his killing came hours after a suicide bombing at an education centre in Kabul killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens more.

Suicide bombing at Kabul education centre kills several, including children

The suicide attack happened late afternoon at the centre, which offers training and courses for students in higher education in a western district of Kabul.

Dozens of Afghan security personnel killed in ambush blamed on Taliban

At least 25 personnel have been killed, according to the Takhar governor's spokesperson, but some accounts put the death toll as high as 50.

Suicide car bombing kills several, wounds dozens in western Afghanistan

Afghan officials say the attack took place in Afghanistan's western Ghor province targeting government buildings, adding the death toll is expected to rise.

Afghan defence minister flies to Helmand as security forces battle Taliban

In a blow for the embattled government, two defence force helicopters setting off for a military mission in Helmand have crashed into each other, killing nine people on board.

US targets Taliban advancing on key Afghan city

The air strikes, carried out over the last two days, mark a rare military intervention by the United States since it signed an agreement on troop withdrawal with the Taliban in February.

Several dead, dozens wounded in Afghanistan bomb attack

Car bomb targets government building in Ghani Khel district of eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 15 people and wounding nearly 40 others, officials say.

Negotiators near compromise in stalled Afghan peace talks: official

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation that is overseeing Kabul's peace push, said after several small-group meetings in Doha, the issue had been resolved "to a large extent."

Bomb kills Afghan civilians as Kabul, Islamabad seek reset in ties

At least 14 civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan, officials say.

Top Pakistani, Afghan officials kick off talks on Afghanistan peace bid

Afghanistan's top official in negotiations with the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, meets Pakistani officials in Islamabad, in talks aimed at ending decades of war and a reset of bilateral ties.

A rare opportunity for peacemaking in Afghanistan

Afghanistan today stands at a turning point.