War in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan: IS Head Killed In Raid

Afghan forces - backed by the US- have recently carried out a series of operations against IS The head of so-called...

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Pakistan Says Inflicted Heavy Losses On Afghan Border Forces

Pakistan's military on Sunday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing two...

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Civilians Killed In Gunfight On Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

Pakistani and Afghan officials accused each other of killing civilians Friday after gunfire erupted near a major border...

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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...

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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...

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Kabul Bomb Attack Targeting Nato Convoy Kills Eight

A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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NATO Could Boost Afghanistan Mission

NATO is considering boosting its troop strength again in Afghanistan, where it is helping the military in the fight...

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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...

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IS Afghanistan Leader Likely Killed

US and Afghan troops likely killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate in a raid this week,...

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Army Rangers May Have Been Killed By Friendly Fire

The Pentagon on Friday said it was investigating whether two U. S. special operations commandos who were killed in...

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US Probes Friendly Fire In US Troop Deaths In Afghanistan

The Pentagon on Friday said it was investigating whether two US special operations commandos who were killed in...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...