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The spokesperson of the anti-Taliban resistance in Panjshir was killed in a fierce gunfight on Sunday. Just days ago, Fahim Dashty, chief spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), had told NDTV: "If we die, history will wri

A powerful car bomb struck near Kabul's international airport today evening, just hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the war-scarred Afghan capital.

Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.

At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.

Suspected Taliban militants detonated a suicide bomb then stormed a bank branch in the southern Afghan province of Helmand today, engaging in a firefight with security forces while an unknown number of civilians were inside, police said.

At least 12 militants died during a shootout between rival factions in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border Tuesday, officials said, while two died in a separate attack.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

An Afghan soldier was killed in a gunfight with US troops in southwest Afghanistan after he opened fire during an argument on Christmas eve, officials said today.

The spokesperson of the anti-Taliban resistance in Panjshir was killed in a fierce gunfight on Sunday. Just days ago, Fahim Dashty, chief spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), had told NDTV: "If we die, history will wri

A powerful car bomb struck near Kabul's international airport today evening, just hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the war-scarred Afghan capital.

Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.

At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.

Suspected Taliban militants detonated a suicide bomb then stormed a bank branch in the southern Afghan province of Helmand today, engaging in a firefight with security forces while an unknown number of civilians were inside, police said.

At least 12 militants died during a shootout between rival factions in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border Tuesday, officials said, while two died in a separate attack.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

An Afghan soldier was killed in a gunfight with US troops in southwest Afghanistan after he opened fire during an argument on Christmas eve, officials said today.