Afghanistan Taliban says leader of feared Haqqani network has died Jalaluddin Haqqani founded the Haqqani network, one of the most powerful groups in the Afghan insurgency, in the 1970s. 04/09/2018
Afghanistan Taliban angry at ceasefire selfies in Afghanistan Taliban insurgents posed for photos and shared hugs with their opponents during the three-day ceasefire. 18/06/2018
Russia Soviet pilot found alive 30 years after being shot down in Afghanistan “He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. 02/06/2018
Cult Exhibition shines light on raw memories of war The solo exhibition by American artist Jenny Holzer includes testimonies from British veterans who fought in recent global conflicts 02/10/2017
Afghanistan Afghanistan: U.S. army photographer captures blast that killed her and four others Hilda Clayton, a 22-year-old U. 04/05/2017
Afghanistan US drops 'mother of all bombs' on Afghanistan The US drops the so-called mother of all bombs onto a cave complex in Afghanistan. 13/04/2017
Afghanistan GBU-43: What is 'the Mother Of All Bombs'? The United States has used its largest non-nuclear bomb on a series of ISIL caves and bunkers in eastern Afghanistan. 13/04/2017
Afghanistan Death toll mounts in ISIL-claimed Afghan hospital attack At least 49 people are confirmed dead and dozens are wounded following a gun and bomb attack on a military hospital in Kabul. 09/03/2017
Afghanistan Top US general in Afghanistan demands more troops for Afghanistan Top US military man in Afghanistan calls for more troops for in country 09/02/2017
Cinema 'Voir du Pays' is a is a psychological drama about two French female soldiers back from Afghanistan ‘Voir du Pays’ or ‘The Stopover’ is a psychological drama about two French female soldiers trying to put the events of Afghanistan behind them. 03/01/2017
Aid Zone The long road back to Afghanistan More than half a million Afghans were expected to return to their war-torn country by the end of 2016 following Pakistan’s deadline to repatriate Afghan… 20/10/2016
insiders Greece: Afghan migrants in limbo What was once a bustling airport outside Athens is now a makeshift camps for refugees with nowhere to go. 09/09/2016
insiders Is peace possible in Afghanistan? Tales from a country torn apart by war Many Afghan nationals worked with the international forces in Kabul and elsewhere following the September 11 attacks in New York. 08/09/2016
Afghanistan Taliban claim another success in northern Afghanistan The Afghan Taliban have recaptured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz, which they briefly overran last September before being pushed back by the Afghan… 20/08/2016
Cinema Bill Murray stars in Barry Levinson's 'Rock the Kasbah' Bill Murray is back with a new comedy. In ‘Rock the Kasbah’, he plays a washed up rock manager who takes his last client on a tour of Afghanistan to 22/10/2015
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
Afghanistan Afghanistan marks 14 years since the killing of Ahmad Shah Massoud Afghanistan is marking fourteen years since the death of national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud .. with a ceremony attended by high-ranking officials and 09/09/2015
Afghanistan 2015 sees record number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan Civilian casualties, particularly those of women and children, have hit a new record in Afghanistan. In the first half of this year; nearly 5,000 05/08/2015
Afghanistan Taliban leader appears to approve peace talks with Afghan government Reclusive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has purportedly written a message seeming to signal approval for peace talks with Afghanistan’s 15/07/2015
Afghanistan Taliban claim attack on Afghan parliament A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen have attacked the Afghan parliament. “A suicide bomber blew himself up just outside the parliament 22/06/2015
United Kingdom Britain commemorates end of UK involvement in Afghan war Queen Elizabeth joined veterans of the Afghan war and relatives of those who died, at commemorations in London marking the end of Britain’s 13/03/2015
Afghanistan NATO formally hands over to new Afghanistan mission NATO has officially ended its war in Afghanistan with a ceremony in Kabul, replacing its combat mission with one to back up local forces. 28/12/2014
United Kingdom UK: Former Guantanamo Bay detainee arrested on suspicion of Syria terrorism offences A former detainee at Guantanamo Bay has been arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, police say. Moazzam Begg, who spent around 25/02/2014
women-and-war Afghanistan's Women and War - Sima's tale From the Soviet invasion in 1979, to the conflict between NATO forces and the Taliban, Afghanistan has lived in a state of war for over 30 05/03/2012
women-and-war Afghanistan's Women and War - Frozan's tale It is just another day at the Pajhwok press agency in Kabul, where reporting scenes of demonstrations and suicide bombs are common place. It is also 05/03/2012
