In Afghanistan

Pakistan walks a tightrope as US-Iran tensions boil over

An escalated conflict between the US and Iran will reverberate in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pentagon says New Jersey soldier killed in Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed they were behind a fatal roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province, that had killed the US soldier. A Taliban spokesman even tweeted a purported photo ID of the slain US soldier, without saying how it was obtained.

Afghanistan: 5 dead in Taliban raid on biggest US base

At least 70 people have been wounded in a suicide bombing and assault on Bagram Air Base north of capital Kabul.

Taliban abduct 45 people from government employee's funeral

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman says that the Taliban singled out 45 old men from a funeral procession carrying the deceased employee's coffin to a graveyard.

Eight children among 15 civilians killed by mine in Afghanistan

"At around 5 pm this evening a mine planted by the Taliban terrorists hit a civilian car ... killing 15 civilians and wounding two more," says Nasrat Rahimi, an Interior Ministry spokesman.

The CIA's terror regimes in Afghanistan

CIA-funded paramilitaries are wreaking havoc in Afghanistan.

'Unprecedented' Afghan civilian casualties in July-September - UN

A UN report said 2,563 civilians were killed and 5,676 were wounded in the first nine months of this year. Insurgents were responsible for 62 percent of the casualties.

The risk of a Saudi-Iran proxy war in Afghanistan

The Saudi-Iran feud risks spilling over into Afghanistan as both countries push for greater influence with competing groups in the war-torn country.

Taliban says Afghanistan freed several of its prisoners

Taliban representatives said the militant group released three Indian engineers they had held captive. No confirmation from New Delhi and Afghan government as yet.

American drone strikes in Afghanistan continue to wreak havoc

A US drone strike that left more than 30 farmers dead is another untold tragedy that rarely gets covered.

Scores dead and wounded in US drone strike, Taliban blast in Afghanistan

Local officials say at least 30 civilians dead in Afghan-US strike which, according to the defence ministry, targeted Daesh in Nangarhar. In what has been a deadly morning for Afghanistan, a suicide truck bomb killed at least 20 people in Zabul.

'You have the watches, we have the time'

The cancellation of the agreement between the US government and the Taliban has nothing to do with the loss of life.