Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says a suicide bomber killed at least 15 Afghan cadets as they were leaving a military training center in Kabul, late in the afternoon of October 21.
People rushed to help the victims after a suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite mosque in western Kabul on October 20, leaving dozens dead and wounded. A separate attack on a Sunni mosque in the central Afghan province of Ghor claimed more casualties the same day. (AP) Note: Graphic images
Afghan soldiers and police who train in the United States go "absent without leave," or AWOL, at far higher rates than those of any other country, possibly jeopardizing efforts to assist Afghan security forces, a U.S. watchdog says.
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have killed at least 89 people in two attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, as sectarian and terror-related violence continues to surge in the war-torn country.
The joint Russia-NATO Council will meet in Brussels on October 26, the second time the body has convened this year.
U.S. CIA Director Mike Pompeo says the United States wants to draw the Taliban into peace talks in Afghanistan, but for that to happen, he says Pakistan must first ensure the militants cannot establish safe havens within its borders.
A Pakistani general has hailed a new security fence being built along the border with Afghanistan as a "paradigm change" in the fight against Islamist militants. Afghanistan has condemned the construction. (Reuters)
A militant leader blamed for several deadly bombings in Pakistan has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the extremist group has confirmed.
Zan TV is Afghanistan’s first and only TV station run by and for women. Five months after it launched, ratings are soaring. RFE/RL’s Frud Bezhan met some of the professionals who are braving the threat of violence in order to break new ground for Afghan women. (Camera: Ahmad Massoud)
The Afghan Defense Ministry says 43 soldiers have been killed and nine wounded in a Taliban attack on an army camp in the southern province of Kandahar.
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said on October 17 that he'll hold up President Donald Trump's nominees for Defense Department posts until the Pentagon provides more information on its new Afghan war strategy.
One day after pleading guilty to deserting his post in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has sought dismissal of the charges against him on grounds that the case was tainted by President Donald Trump's calling him a "traitor."
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