One killed in explosion claimed by IS in Afghan capital

The number of bombings and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has reduced dramatically since the Taliban ended their insurgency after ousting the U.S.-backed government and returning to power in ... Read More

A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say

A Taliban official says a gunman opened fire inside a mosque in western Afghanistan, killing at least six people as they were praying. Read More

Taliban kill six in checkpoint attack

(CNN)-- Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing at least six police officers, authorities said. The attack took place in the Arghistan district of ... Read More

Taliban attack aid group’s offices in Afghan capital

The Taliban have attacked the offices of an international non-profit organisation in the Afghan capital. The attackers ... gunfire could be heard. The attack targeted an international aid group ... Read More

Over 300 Taliban militants died in clashes in Afghanistan’s Panjshir — source

CAIRO, September 1. /TASS/. Over 300 Taliban (outlawed in Russia) militants died in clashes with the resistance in the province of Panjshir, which has not succumbed to the Taliban, a source closed ... Read More

Roadside attacks kill Afghan civilians

(CNN)-- Fourteen Afghan civilians were killed Saturday in Taliban roadside ... in a roadside attack in Khost province's Tani district, police said. Authorities said 17 militants died in clashes ... Read More

The Islamic State group says it was behind a mosque attack in Afghanistan that killed 6 people

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting targeting members of the country's minority Shiite community inside a mosque in western Afghanistan that killed six people. Read More

4 officers and 3 militants die after attacks on police office and 2 army posts in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants ... Friday's attacks, but suspicion was likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. The group is separate from ... Read More

Pakistan Airstrikes Send Taliban a Message on Militant Attacks

Just weeks after it carried out airstrikes inside Iran, Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan ... Pakistani militants. The Taliban isn’t willing to condemn terrorist attacks happening ... Read More

Police officers, militants die in weekend violence in Pakistan

The province is a former stronghold of the militant group, which is also known as the TTP and allied with the Afghan Taliban ... militants. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack ... Read More

Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants trying to sneak into the country from Afghanistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed seven militants ... Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. It is a separate group but allied with the Afghan Taliban ... Read More

Taliban says eight killed in Pakistan's two air strikes in Afghanistan

Pakistan denies, blames Afghan soil for attacks. Rising tensions as both sides accuse each other. Afghanistan's Taliban deny allowing militants to use their territory. "The Islamic Emirate of ... Read More