Afghanistan

Taliban assassinate head of Afghan government media department

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- The Taliban shot dead the head of the Afghan government's media information centre Friday at a…

JUST IN: Floods kill 40 in north Afghanistan, 150 missing: officials

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) -- At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash…

At least 11 killed as roadside bomb hits bus in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan overnight killing at least 11 people just hours…

US sends more reinforcements for Afghan pullout: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US military has deployed more heavy bombers and fighter jets to protect withdrawing American…

UN to maintain Afghanistan mission after US, NATO withdrawal

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The UN said Thursday it will maintain its political and humanitarian mission to Afghanistan despite…

US President Biden says ‘time to end’ US war in Afghanistan with total pullout

  by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday it's "time to end" America's longest war…

Key Al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan

  by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Afghan forces have killed a top Al-Qaeda militant wanted…

Afghanistan VP lightly wounded in deadly Kabul blast

by Emal HAIDARY KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh sustained minor injuries Wednesday when an explosion targeted…

Search for bodies as Afghan floods kill more than 160

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Rescue workers were searching Thursday for bodies in the debris of collapsed houses after flash floods…

Afghanistan flash floods kill over 100

by Elise Blanchard with Emal Haidary in Kabul CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched Wednesday for survivors…

UPDATED: Flash floods kill more than 70 in Afghanistan

by Elise Blanchard with Emal Haidary in Kabul KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched Wednesday for survivors…

Shallow 4.6-magnitude earthquake rocks Kabul: USGS

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A shallow 4.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Kabul on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, sending crowds into…

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