Herat Province

Afghanistan wants to keep ties with India 'at all costs', says envoy

Observing that the pre-dawn assault was an attack on the friendship of India and Afghanistan, he said, "I can tell you very confidently that this attack can only embolden our determination that we will keep this friendship at all costs," he said.

Taliban attack US consulate in Afghanistan's Herat province, two dead

The attack underscored the perilous security situation in Afghanistan, where U.S.-led troops are reducing their presence ahead of a full withdrawal next year.