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Afghan Beauty Parlours Are A Sanctuary For City Women
The photos in the window promise much: languorous, kohl-rimmed eyes and bright, bold nails -- but once you enter the...
Pentagon To Request Thousands More Troops For Afghanistan Next Week
The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked...
Kabul Uneasy As Former Warlord Hekmatyar Returns After 20 Years
A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" made a triumphant return to the Afghan capital Thursday, met by uneasy...
Afghan Ex-PM and ‘butcher of Kabul’
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who returned to Kabul Thursday after more than 20 years, is one of Afghanistan's most notorious...
Former Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul After 20 Years
A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" returned to the Afghan capital on Thursday morning, two decades after...
ISIS Suicide Car Bomber Attacks US Convoy In Afghanistan Killing Eight
Eight civilians were killed and another 28 people wounded, including three American soldiers, when an ISIS suicide...
Bomb Blast Targets Foreign Forces In Kabul
A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people...
US Aims To Eliminate IS From Afghanistan This Year
After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the...
Winter Fighting Took Heavy Toll On Afghan Forces
Afghan security forces were killed at a "shockingly high" rate during what historically has been a winter lull in...
NATO Could Boost Afghanistan Mission
NATO is considering boosting its troop strength again in Afghanistan, where it is helping the military in the fight...
Infamous Afghan Warlord Returns To Public Life After Exile
Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life Saturday after more than 20...
US Marines Return To Afghanistan’s Volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn...
British Soldier Who Killed Afghan Fighter Freed From Jail
A British soldier jailed for killing an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan was freed on Friday after his sentence...
Afghan Taliban Announce Start of ‘spring Offensive’
The Afghan Taliban announced Friday the start of their "spring offensive", saying they would target foreign forces in...
Two US Troops Killed, 1 Wounded Fighting IS In Afghanistan
Two US troops were killed and another wounded while fighting an Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan, the US...
Children Pay the Price In Afghan Conflict
Children account for one-third of civilian casualties in Afghanistan's grinding conflict in the first three months of...
Afghan Strongman Shelters Former Taliban Insurgents
An Afghan strongman is giving sanctuary to Taliban fighters and their families who had sought haven across the border...
Afghanistan Arrests 35 Soldiers After Attack On Base
Authorities have arrested 35 soldiers who served on an army base in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban staged a...
Death Toll In Pakistan Roadside Bomb Rises To 13
The death toll from a roadside bomb targeting a passenger vehicle in Pakistan's northwest rose to 13 on Wednesday after...