Afghanistan says US strikes destroy its Islamic State branch
IS efforts to expand into region said stymied by resistance from American forces, Taliban, Afghan government
View ArticleDespite nuke deal, US remains Iran’s ‘Great Satan’
‘Death to America’ chants live on in Tehran street, but common interest in defeating Islamic State may help thaw ties
View ArticleAfghan officials say 10 soldiers killed in US airstrike
Washington investigating latest ‘friendly fire’ incident at army checkpoint in Taliban stronghold region near Kabul
View ArticleAfghanistan investigates alleged death of Taliban leader
Kabul official announces demise of Mullah Omar, who led a bloody insurgency against the US, but some call claim mere ‘speculation’
View ArticleAfghanistan confirms death of Taliban leader
Mullah Omar died in 2013, officials say; announcement comes amid possible peace talks between insurgents, gov’t
View ArticleAfghan Taliban confirms leader Mullah Omar’s death
Group says chieftain died of an illness but offers no information on when that happened
View Article44 dead, hundreds wounded in lethal wave of Kabul bombings
Three separate attacks rip through Afghan capital, including bombings at US base and Kabul Police Academy
View ArticleAfghanistan bombing kills 22 insurgents
Four leaders of illegal armed groups die in blast claimed by Taliban
View ArticleSuicide car bomb near Afghan capital’s airport kills 5
Taliban takes responsibility for attack at busy traffic circle targeting ‘foreigners’
View ArticlePakistani armed drone kills in first attack
Locally developed missile-firing Burraq aircraft hits 3 Islamist insurgents, army says
View ArticleTaliban storm Afghan prison, free hundreds of inmates
Fighters wearing military uniforms kill four cops in raid on Ghazni jail; 355 of 436 prisoners escape
View ArticleIslamic State making inroads in Afghanistan, UN warns
Local officials report support for the extremist group in 25 of the country’s 34 provinces
View ArticleCorbyn in 2003: West ‘manipulated’ 9/11 to invade Afghanistan
In 12-year-old article, head of UK Labour party wrote that blame for the attacks turned ‘subtly, into regime change’
View ArticleNATO: US ‘may have’ bombed charity’s Afghan clinic
Doctors Without Borders says 3 staff are dead and over 30 missing after strike on its medical center in Kunduz
View ArticleAfghan Taliban leader claims ‘victory’ in Kunduz
Despite later retreat, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor calls brief takeover of city by small number of his fighters an ‘historical event’
View ArticleAfghan woman stoned to death for adultery
Taliban insurgents in remote village kill victim identified only as Rokhshana, 24, post video
View ArticleMigrants fear Paris attacks have multiplied their woes
In wake of Paris attacks, European nations along refugee routes are imposing tighter border controls to curb militants’ movements
View ArticleAfghan hospital strike was ‘human error,’ US general admits
Pentagon finds ‘tragic but avoidable accident’ that killed 30 at Doctors Without Borders clinic last month was compounded by equipment failures
View ArticleFor gays under IS rule, isolation and fear of a cruel death
In Turkey, homosexual Syrian man wakes up shaken from nightmares that jihadists threw him off a building
View Article50 dead after Taliban attacks Afghan airport
Suicide bombers lay 27-hour seige to Kandahar site, as president arrives in Pakistan to discuss peace process
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