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A Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to militants in Afghanistan for killing coalition forces — including targeting American troops, according to a report Friday. The revelations, from American intelligence officials — reported by The New York Times — came as the US, Taliban militants and the Afghan government …

Afghan officials say dozens of Taliban fighters staged overnight raids and stormed several checkpoints in the northern part of the country, killing at least 14 security personnel. The violence early on June 23 comes after authorities this week accused the Taliban of increasing attacks on Afghan forces at a time …

Taliban militants kidnapped about 60 civilians in central Afghanistan over the past week, officials said on Sunday, with more than half still being held amid efforts by the United States and other foreign powers to start peace talks. The Taliban took the hostages in the central province of Daikundi after …

Taliban fighters killed at least 12 Afghan security personnel Wednesday in a pre-dawn raid on a northern checkpoint, officials said, the latest violence claimed by the insurgents. Four security force members were also captured by the militants in the attack in Jawezjan province, said Maroof Azar, spokesman to the governor. …

The Taliban has killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, the interior ministry said, accusing the group of increasing attacks in the run-up to expected peace talks. Violence dropped across much of Afghanistan since the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire on May 24 to …

An explosion in a Kabul mosque during Friday Prayers killed at least four people and wounded many more, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said on June 12. “Explosives placed inside the Shir Shah-E-Suri Mosque exploded during Friday Prayers,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the West Kabul mosque’s mullah was …

Nine civilians, including women and children, have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a small bus in southern Afghanistan. Jamal Nasir Barekzai, the spokesman for the Kandahar Police, said five others were also wounded when the bomb tore through the vehicle in Afghanistan district of the province on …

A bomb attack has targeted a mosque compound near a fortified diplomatic district in Kabul, injuring at least three people. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said that the bomb attack was carried out at the entrance of a popular mosque located on the edge of the Green Zone on …

A new United Nations report says that the Taliban assured al Qaeda that it would maintain their close links despite the “peace” deal with the organization which the Trump administration has touted as signifying a break between the Taliban and the terror group responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks. “The …

At least 14 members of Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed in an attack blamed on the Taliban, officials say, the first deadly assaults since a three-day ceasefire between the government and the militants ended. The incident occurred at a checkpoint in the east-central province of Parwan on Tuesday, said …

Blast in the eastern city of Gardez kills five civilians and wounds 19 – including five army personnel The Taliban said it carried out a deadly attack Thursday on an Afghan army base after the government ordered forces to resume strikes against the militants. Afghan officials said a vehicle carrying …

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the military to move to an “offensive mode” against the Taliban and other armed groups after dozens of people, including newborn babies, were killed in two separate attacks in the war-ravaged nation. “I am ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defense …

A bomb attack has left three people dead and 15 others injured near the Afghan capital, Kabul. “A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among civilians in the Reshkhor area of Char Asiab district of Kabul on Wednesday morning,” Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. Char Asiab is approximately 11 …

More than 500 civilians killed and over 700 injured during the first three months of the year, according to UNAMA’s quarterly report. Violence surged in Afghanistan in the weeks after the United States and the Taliban signed a deal supposed to pave the way for a peace process, a UN …

The Taliban have rejected an Afghan government call for a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to let authorities focus on tackling the coronavirus, raising new concern about prospects for a fragile peace process. Hopes for an end to Afghanistan’s decades of war were raised in late …

The United States is considering the withdrawal of CIA operatives from bases in Afghanistan, as part of an effort to further reduce violence in the war-ravaged Asian country, according to The New York Times. The paper reported on Friday that the discussions over CIA’s presence in Afghanistan are part of …

The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says it plans to release 20 prisoners of the Afghan government in what would be the first handover since the beginning of a fragile peace process. “Today, 20 prisoners of the Kabul administration will be released,” Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said in a …

US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan say five rockets have hit a major American airbase in the country and that the attack, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, left no casualties. “Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning,” the NATO-led mission, Resolute Support, said in a post on …

Gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government said. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Sikhs have been the target of …

The US is cutting $1bn (£0.86bn) in aid to Afghanistan and threatening further reductions in co-operation, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo announced the cut following a trip to the Afghan capital, Kabul, where he failed to break a deadlock between two politicians who both claim victory in …