Two NATO rockets aimed at insurgents in Helmand province missed their target, killing 12 civilians sheltering in their home. The strikes came as part of a new anti-Taliban offensive.
The deaths of three US Special Forces troops in a Taliban suicide attack in Pakistan reveal the existence of a military assistance program that authorities have sought to keep quiet.
As the Afghanistan summit opens in London, the US is pushing plans to buy off Taliban insurgents with aid and jobs—even if this means embracing reactionary tribal warlords.
Thousands of fresh foreign troops arrive in Afghanistan this year, but some aid agencies are voicing concerns that this could lead to the intensification of the conflict.
The Taliban carried out a daylight assault on government centers and civilian targets in Kabul, creating panic and sparking gun battles in the heart of the city.
US Department of Defense released the names of prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in response to an FOIA request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose dramatically last year according to the latest annual survey by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Afghan officials signed an agreement to take over the US military’s controversial Parwan Detention Center that was formerly housed at Bagram Air Base.
Four were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan—hours after Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani again voiced official objection to the ongoing US strikes on Pakistan’s territory.
US authorities announced charges against two former employees of security firm Blackwater in connection with the May 5 shooting death of two Afghans in Kabul.
War killed hundreds of children and adversely affected many others in 2009—the deadliest year for Afghan children since 2001—says a new report by the Afghanistan Rights Monitor.
Taliban leaders confirmed that long-planned direct talks with the US took place in Doha, capital of Qatar. The Taliban said in a statement that their delegation met with US special adviser for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. The statement said the two sides discussed the prospects for an end to the presence of the foreign forces in Afghanistan, and the return of "true peace" to the country. These overtures come as the US is stepping up operations against ISIS in Afghanistan. In an August air-strike in Nangarhar province, the US claimed to have killed Abu Sayed Orakzai, top ISIS commander in Afghanistan. Earlier in August, more than 200 ISIS fighters and their two top commanders surrendered to Afghan government forces in Jowzjan province to avoid capture by Taliban insurgents, after a two-day battle that was a decisive victory for the Taliban. (Photo: Khaama Press)
