In southern Afghanistan, US forces launched air strikes today against suspected rebels. The strikes came after insurgents had attacked a joint US-Afghan patrol. The fighting is just the latest in what ...
As a former official in Afghanistan’s democratically elected government, Mustafa* knew that if the Nato-backed administration collapsed he would have to flee. But like many others, he was unable to do ...
Tens of thousands of Afghans involuntarily returned to their country every week as Pakistan goes ahead with plans to ...
The Taliban has been in power for three years since the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021, and the country's only pro-Western opposition force, the National Resistance ...
JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan, Sept. 26 -- Inside the compound that houses his rebel regiment, Gen. Mohammad Aref readies for what could be the final act of a long civil war with the ruling Taliban. He is ...
KABUL, Afghanistan - Rebel rockets struck U.S. troops unloading supplies from a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two and wounding eight in one of the bloodiest assaults on ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- In his first video message since returning to Afghanistan last year, rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar urges Afghans to "cut off the hands of the foreign meddlers" and drive all ...
JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan, Oct. 10 -- Afghan opposition forces said today they have agreed to delay a crucial offensive to take control of Kabul until an interim government can be established to ...
In a race between compromise and chaos, the U.N. envoy in Afghanistan met here for the first time Wednesday with Moslem rebel commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, who appealed to hard-line mujahedeen ...
Oct. 26 -- The Taliban, unbowed by 19 days of U.S. bombing, scored what could be a major blow to opposition hopes to form a unified front when its troops captured and killed a key rebel leader. The ...
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels who have inflicted big losses on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad say Russia's intervention in support of its ally will only lead to an escalation of the war and may ...