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One year on, those who survived now study in the same rooms where they huddled in terror

Over recent weeks, insurgents have taken the districts of Musa Qal'ah and Now Zad, as well as Khanishin

The number included at least 30 killed and 37 injured in a US air strike on a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres

The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the target was a foreign guest house

In an angrily worded post on Facebook, Nabil made clear his frustration with efforts to work with Pakistan

Attack coincides with regional conference in Islamabad

Several insurgents have taken up position inside a school and are firing at the airport, says governor's spokesperson

An insurgent gathering near Quetta last Tuesday is said to have left Mullah Akhtar Mansoor critically wounded

Speculation about Mansour's fate reached fever pitch after unconfirmed reports on Friday claimed that he had died

Taliban officially rejects as "absolutely baseless" the reports of the gunfight

Afghan and American officials alike describe him as a fiercely effective fighter against the insurgency

The Taliban said they had shot the helicopter down and captured 15 people

Mullah Akhtar Mansour names Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai as head of political office in Qatar

Afghanistan loses roughly $100 million every year through gemstone smuggling

As per reports, Mullah Dadullah has been killed in a clash in Afghanistan's Zabul province

The mainly Shia Hazaras have long suffered ill-treatment and persecution in Afghanistan

The headless bodies of four men, two women and one child were found in Khak-i-Afghan district of Zabul on Sunday

Fatima, 23, is now considering leaving Afghanistan as people tell her staying puts her family in danger

Villagers took up butchers' knives, homemade firearms and humiliatingly routed the Taliban

A deadly power struggle is going on within the group and there is a long history of settling disputes by force of arms

Premier's top aide says Pakistan and US want resumption of talks between govt in Kabul and Afghan Taliban

Officials say fighters seized control of district capital of Darqand in Takhar province

Afghan Taliban group orders its "mujahideen in affected areas to lend their complete help"

A palpable sense of security is returning to Pakistan as a crackdown on militancy bears fruit

Fighting near Lashkar Gah comes 3 weeks after Taliban won its biggest victory in 14 years capturing the town of Kunduz

Masoom Stanekzai says Taliban insurgents and possibly Pakistani operatives used MSF facility in Kunduz as 'safe place'

Officials say $100 million jet sustained significant damage which forced it to jettison its fuel tanks and munitions

At the heart of the problem, insiders say, is the unstable power-sharing deal between Ghani and Abdullah

Harrowing testimonies emerge of death squads targeting female rights workers and journalists hours after city fell

Statement comes in wake of Obama's announcement to delay withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan

US analysts say the strike is justified as Pakistani working with the Taliban has been killed in the attack

Violence, which left streets of Ghazni deserted, follows Taliban's three-day occupation of northern Kunduz city

Taliban warn motorists to avoid the key transport corridor linking the capital to the south

Nato spokesman in Afghanistan confirms attack but says international coalition is still gathering further information

Dispatches several confidants to meet and turn dissident Taliban leaders

Humanitarian situation in northern city is thought to be difficult but extent of what is needed remains unclear

Three-day conquest of Kunduz is harsh evidence that Afghan forces are not yet able to face insurgents on their own

DG ISPR says news is 'totally baseless' and person in video is neither a serving soldier nor an intelligence...

The MSF trauma center in Kunduz was hit several times during sustained bombing and was very badly damaged

In Badakhsan province, the Taliban took control of Warduj district late on Thursday after heavy fighting

Nato confirms that 11 people including six US soldiers were killed in the crash

Taliban's occupation of Kunduz — now in its third day — raises troubling questions about capabilities of Afghan...

The attack at about 9am marked the first US air strike to defend the city

Security forces ready to investigate how Taliban managed to seize a major urban centre for the first time in 14 years

Locals fear return of militants

Armed with rocket-propelled grenades, Taliban militants overwhelmed security guards at the jail in Kunduz city centre

Taliban spokesman says insurgent fighters seized hospital in a district in south of the city

The assault was the second time this year that the Taliban have threatened to take ground inside Kunduz city

The explosion was caused by either a car or motorcycle bomb, local officials said

His death takes total number of foreign troops killed since Nato ended its combat operations in Afghanistan to six