Afghanistan Offers Amnesty to Jihadist Group Hezb-i-Islami
Afghanistan initiated a draft peace agreement with long-time foe Hezb-I-Islami on May 18th around noon. Mohammad Khan, a deputy to...
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Afghanistan President Says No More Peace Talks With The Taliban
On Monday, April 25, 2016, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani officially announced he would no longer seek future peace talks with...
Taliban Launch Deadliest Attack on Kabul Since 2011
Today, April 19, 2016, the Taliban launched an attack on the Afghanistan capital of Kabul killing at least 28 and...
China Seeks Stability in Afghanistan for Economic Benefit
As the Afghanistan peace talks continue to prove fruitless, China is beginning to consider a larger security role in the...
Humble Navy SEAL to Receive Medal of Honor
Edward Byers Jr who will receive the Medal of Honor can be described in three word no nonsense, humble, and...
While the Afghan Government Focuses on Peace Talks the Taliban Focus on Controlling Afghanistan
The Taliban have continued their campaign against the Afghan government after detonating a suicide bomb at a clinic north of...
Taliban Continue War Against Afghan Government Amid Peace Talks
On Sunday, January 17, 2015, a suicide bomber struck the house of a prominent, local Afghan politician Obaiduallah Shinwari. The...
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Britain to keep 450 soldiers in Afghanistan through 2016; Taliban seizes Darqand The Taliban has seized control of Darqand, Afghanistan’s...
Taliban Seizes Kunduz, Shia Militia Frees Turkish Workers, Kurds in urgent need of economic support…
Threat Information Office Headlines 9-28-15 Taliban seizes Kunduz, Islamic State Launches attacks The Taliban carried out one of the most...
Mullah Mansour Named as New Taliban Emir
On July 29, the Afghan government announced that the leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, died two years ago. He...
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar: Dead or Alive?
The Afghan government claimed on Wednesday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar died nearly two years ago. Omar became the Supreme Leader...
Top Al-Qaeda official killed in US airstrike as Afghani forces struggle to remain intact
The Pentagon announced on Friday morning that a top al-Qaeda operative had been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan...
Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan Further Emphasizes Coming Collapse of Afghan Military
On July 22, a suicide bomber detonated his vest in a crowded market in the Almar district of Faryab province...
Car Bomb Hits Afghan Base Housing US SOF
A suicide car bomb attack late Sunday evening near the Afghan city of Khost killed 33 people: 27 civilians and...
Taliban Attacks Amidst Peace Talks; Rival Group Declares Support for Islamic State
On July 7, the Taliban carried out two attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul. In the first incident, a...
Two Suicide Bomb Attacks Occur in Afghanistan
On June 30, the Taliban detonated a suicide car bomb near a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. One civilian died...