Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni Tuesday after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following ...

Taliban insurgents on Saturday launched a multi-pronged assault on Kunduz, a strategically important city in northern Afghanistan that has come under frequent attack since 2015. The ongoing offensive ...

KABUL -- The Afghan Taliban militants seized Maidan Shar, capital of Wardak province, on Sunday, a Taliban spokesman said.

One of the Taliban's first acts after seizing power in 2021 was to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since then, the militant Islamist group has changed the names of scores of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban captured the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday in a multipronged attack involving hundreds of fighters, the first time the insurgents have seized a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban ...

Celebrations marking the third year since the U.S. withdrawal are amplifying a divide in Afghanistan over what principles it should be governed by. By Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary Reporting ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban stormed into Tarin Kot on Thursday, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings as panicked residents scrambled to flee the capital of southern Uruzgan ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Nov. 10 -- When Afghan rebels came racing on horseback and foot into the ancient city of Mazar-e Sharif yesterday, they suddenly discovered how quickly Taliban fighters had ...