The city of Qala-I-Naw also fell to the Taliban, who now control about a third of the country's regional cities and most of northern Afghanistan. The group's rapid advance has dealt a crushing ...

Covering a distance of 1,300 miles, the world's longest ring road travels through 16 provinces to link up 10 major cities in a large Asian country.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a ...

Violent crime has long been a major problem in Afghanistan's big cities, and even their critics credit the Taliban with improving security. One onlooker tells us, "If they are kidnappers it's a ...

When the US began dropping bombs on Afghanistan in October 2001 ... control of large swaths of countryside and encroached on cities”. The Taliban’s deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani declaring ...