Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban captures more ground in Helmand, Afghanistan The Taliban has captured more ground in Afghanistan’s Helmand province after months of heavy fighting. Helmand is where most of the world’s 27/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Quake hits northern Afghanistan and Pakistan A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are no reports of casualties or damage, but communication can be slow in 25/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Sangin retaken as Afghan, US and UK forces push Taliban back The theatre of heavy fighting with the Taliban in the last few days with Afghan government, US and UK troops in Helmand province, Sangin district is 24/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghan authorities deny Sangin has fallen to Taliban Fighting continues across Afghanistan’s Helmand province as Taliban forces overrun the town of Sangin. But officials deny that police and government 24/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Suicide bomber kills six NATO soldiers in Afghanistan Six NATO soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. It happened near Bagram air base, as they patrolled with Afghan forces 21/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Spanish police officers among dead in Taliban attack At least ten people have been killed in an attack near the Spanish embassy in Kabul. It is reported that among the dead are two Spanish police 12/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Spanish embassy guard among dead in latest Taliban attack in Kabul The Afghan authorities say one Spanish and one Afghan guard were killed and two Taliban militants perished in an attack on a guest house near the 11/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish embassy in Kabul A guest house in the Spanish embassy compound in the Afghan capital Kabul has been struck by a car bomb. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the 11/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban attack on Kandahar airport leaves almost 30 people dead Half a dozen people were earlier reported to have been taken hostage, but there is no word on their fate. 09/12/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan MSF hospital strike 'avoidable accident' - US army probe A top US military commander says last month’s airstrike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was an “avoidable 26/11/2015
Now playing Next World A life's work: WISE Prize winner Sakena Yacoobi on transforming education in Afghanistan Sakena Yacoobi has touched the lives of more than 12 million people with her tireless efforts to transform education in Afghanistan. Now her work has 13/11/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghan Hazara mourn, demand government guarantee security The streets of Kabul rang with cries of ‘Down with terror!’, as thousands of Afghan minority Hazara- filled the streets, angrily demanding the 11/11/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Fears of unreported deaths in remote earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan With over 100 official deaths in Afghanistan following the earthquake in the extreme north of the country, few people believe the total number will 27/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban reign of terror: Harrowing accounts from the Afghan city of Kunduz The Taliban only held the northern Afghan city of Kunduz for three days. But stories have emerged of a reign of terror by the extremists, with women 17/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Former Soviet nations to crackdown on ISIL fighters Leaders of ten former Soviet republics have agreed to create a joint task force to defend their borders in the event of a crisis. Russian president 16/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Obama calls extending Afghan military mission "a necessary extra effort" US President Barack Obama has justified what his critics have said amounts to a massive u-turn that is his decision to keep a significant troop 16/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan US to slow down Afghanistan troop pull out US President Barack Obama has announced a reversal of policy in Afghanistan, slowing down the pullout of troops. He said that a force of 9,800 will 15/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan US to seek to pay Kunduz hospital victims The Pentagon has announced it will seek to compensate those injured and the families of those killed in a US air strike on a hospital in Kunduz 11/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban suicide car bomb attack targets NATO troops in Kabul Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack- targeting a convoy of NATO troops in the Afghan capital. The explosion 11/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Obama apologises for ' tragic mistake' in Kunduz US President Barack Obama has apologised to the head of Medecins San Frontieres for the deadly airstrike on one of the aid agency’s hospital’s in 08/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan MSF demands independent probe of Kunduz bombing Four days after the US bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which killed 22 patients and staff, the medical charity Médecins sans 07/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Kunduz: US admits it targeted MSF hospital "by mistake" The United States has admitted it launched an airstrike that destroyed a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz. Washington claims Saturday’s attack 06/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Calm in Kunduz following air strike, but MSF demands answers Kunduz has seen a return to calmer times after an air strike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city killed at least 22 people. Reports suggest the 05/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Kunduz attack may amount to war crime - UN Human Rights chief The US military said it launched an attack around the time a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) charity hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by 03/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghan government claims terrorists were hiding in hospital hit by air strike The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says an air strike that hit a hospital in northern Afghanistan went on for at least half an hour after 03/10/2015
Now playing Next Afghanistan At least 19 killed as air strike hits clinic in northern Afghanistan The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says at least 19 people have been killed after an air strike hit a clinic in northern Afghanistan 03/10/2015