Afghan Forces

Pakistan opens border to allow Afghans to take part in presidential polls after request from defence ministry

About 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote in key presidential poll which marks the culmination of a bloody election campaign.

Afghanistan to elect new president: 18 candidates, including incumbent Ashraf Ghani, vying to lead amid threats of Taliban violence

To protect voters, Afghanistan forces supported by NATO troops mission have been monitoring election stations across the country from 22 September.

Donald Trump pulling plug on talks with Taliban could not come at a better time for India; here's why

New Delhi has never recognised Taliban as a legitimate political actor who should have a say in the peace process, or in Afghan people's future.

Afghans fear Donald Trump’s cancellation of US-Taliban talks will bring more carnage; ‘Our only hope was peace’, says local

Last week's Taliban car bomb targeted a foreign compound but instead shredded Afghan homes

More Afghan civilians now killed by US, pro-govt forces than by Talibans and other insurgent groups: United Nations

During the first three months of 2019, international and pro-government forces were responsible for the deaths of 305 civilians, whereas insurgent groups killed 227 people, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a quarterly report

Taliban ambush kills 22 police officers in Afghanistan's Farah province; militants seize four vehicles, weapons

The Taliban and its rival the Islamic State group (IS) have been inflicting record casualties on local forces this year.

Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Badghis province kills four Afghan troops; NATO airstrike in Logar claims 10 lives in separate incidents

In two separate incidents, Taliban insurgents killed four troops in an ambush and NATO airstrike called by Afghan special forces claimed 10 lives

Taliban kill 30 policemen in western Farah province in overnight attack, say Afghan officials; militants flee with weapons

The Taliban managed to flee with a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

Ashraf Ghani admits massive losses to Afghanistan forces in rare public acceptance, says over 28,000 soldiers killed since 2015

The president of Afghanistan told a US audience Tuesday that his country is not losing the war to the Taliban and is not at risk of collapse amid escalating attacks by the militant group and an expansion of the territory it controls.

16 Taliban militants killed, 19 injured after Afghan forces recapture villages in Dand-e-Ghori area of Baghlan province

Dand-e-Ghori was captured by Taliban two years ago and since then has been regarded as a Taliban stronghold in the northern Baghlan province. The ongoing operations against the Taliban in Dand-e-Ghori would last until the area was cleansed of the insurgents.