Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises amid poverty, drought and earthquakes, UN agencies warned on ...

Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city in their biggest victory since being ...

Afghan authorities are probing reports that 14 civilians were killed or wounded during a military operation, the defence ministry said Friday, with several officials saying women and children were ...

If Kunduz falls, it would be a significant gain for the Taliban and a test of their ability to take and retain territory Taliban fighters Sunday took control of much of the capital of northern ...

The Taliban have launched a new large-scale attack on one of Afghanistan's main cities, Kunduz, and taken hospital patients as hostages, the government said Saturday, even as the insurgent group ...

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 46 people and wounded dozens. The claim, carried by the ...