Taliban overruns district in northern Afghanistan - AA

Mounting clashes between the Taliban and Afghan government forces saw the insurgents overran a district in northern Baghlan province, officials confirmed on Wednesday, while intense clashes raged in the restive Helmand province further south.

Afghanistan: Taliban overrun 2 districts

After losing ground in their bastion in the southern Helmand province, the Taliban has taken intense retaliation in northern Afghanistan, overrunning two districts after bloody clashes.

US airstrike in Afghanistan kills members of Afghan security forces

The Pentagon said on Friday that an airstrike in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province had killed Afghan security forces by accident.

Deadly car bomb hits Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah

A car bomb exploded outside a bank in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, killing at least 26 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

US marines return to Afghanistan's Helmand province

US Marines have returned to Afghanistan's Helmand province, the first to be deployed in the war-torn country since NATO forces ended their combat role in 2014.

Taliban Retake Key District in Afghanistan

The Taliban captured a key district in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province Thursday while in the country’s north, an officer turned his rifle on sleeping colleagues, killing nine policemen, officials said.

Up to 50 People Feared Dead in Twin Blasts in Kabul

A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul, quickly followed by a car bomb nearby in what appears to be have been a coordinated operation.

US Marines to return to Afghanistan's Helmand province

Some 300 US Marines will head to Helmand province in Afghanistan this spring to help a NATO-led mission to train Afghan forces, the Marines said.