Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atta Mohammad Noor, Governor of the Balkh province, speaks during an interview in Mazar-i-Sharif KABUL (Reuters) - Two of ...

The dangerous ongoing showdown between the Kabul government and Atta Mohammad Noor, a warlord-turned-governor of Balkh province, is inescapably about two things: money and muscle. Although this ...

KABUL (Reuters) - One of the main parties behind Afghanistan's Western-backed government warned President Ashraf Ghani that it could withdraw its support unless he reversed the dismissal of one of its ...

His message was delivered to a roomful of antsy elementary schoolers, but the words hit home for the adults, too: Education is the key to a better future. Ustad Atta Mohammad Noor, governor of the ...

(Reuters) – A band of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional strongmen, are angling for talks with the Taliban and plan to meet within weeks to form a new front for holding negotiations on the ...

KABUL (Reuters) – Two of Afghanistan’s most notorious regional strongmen fled on Saturday as the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif fell to the Taliban and security forces abandoned the city in a ...