Helmand

At least 19 dead, 22 injured in attack on Afghanistan's Kabul University; not involved, says Taliban

Afghan media reported that a book exhibition was being held at the university and was attended by a number of dignitaries at the time of the shooting. MOI spokesperson Tariq Arian said three attackers were killed during the gun fight

'Distressingly high' levels of violence threaten Afghanistan peace process, warns US special envoy

Zalmay Khalilzad's comments came on the backdrop of renewed fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand province. He also referred to a suicide car bomb which killed at least 13 and wounded around 120 in Ghor province on Sunday

US conducts first airstrike against Taliban since peace deal; spokesperson calls act 'defensive' to prevent assault on Afghan forces

Based on the US-Taliban deal, peace negotiations between the warring Afghan sides are supposed to begin on 10 March.

Taliban attack on government compound in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 180; children among casualties

A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 180.

At least 25 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Afghan military base in Helmand province

Afghan forces killed at least nine Taliban insurgents, including three suicide bombers, during the attack by the hardline Islamist group, the provincial governor said in a statement. Afghan commando forces were clearing the area, he said.

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 20 people in Afghanistan's Helmand; 9 policemen killed in Taliban attack in Kandahar

An Islamic State suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including a Taliban commander

German national believed to be military adviser to Taliban arrested in Afghanistan's Helmand province

A German national believed to be a military advisor to the Taliban in Afghanistan has been arrested in the insurgency-racked province of Helmand

Series of attacks, suicide bombings kill 23 in Afghanistan; Taliban and Islamic State claim responsibility

At least 23 people, mostly soldiers, were killed and more than a dozen wounded in a series of attacks and suicide bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders 'responsible for the deaths of many innocents' killed in Afghanistan, say officials

A senior Al-Qaeda leader on the Indian subcontinent and the head of the Taliban's "special forces" in southern Helmand have been killed in recent days in Afghanistan, Afghan and US forces said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: US denies claims of local officials that air strike killed 11 civilians

The United States on Saturday vehemently denied claims by Afghan officials that it had killed several civilians in an air strike in volatile eastern Afghanistan.