The Taliban said their fighters killed a US service member in Afghanistan on Monday and posted photographs of a blood-soaked backpack and the identity card of an American soldier to prove it.

Taliban kill US force member in northern Afghanistan

The 19-year-old Taliban deserter is haunted by the memory of the attack on a police checkpoint in northern Afghanistan in August. The Taliban band of around 20 fighters began its assault at 10 pm, he recalled, and by sunrise, all twelve Afghan police were dead.

Afghanistan's endless war pits brother against brother

As many as 11 Taliban terrorists were killed and nine others were wounded after they clashed with the Afghan defence forces in the northern Jawzjan province of the country.

11 Taliban terrorists killed, 9 wounded in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

At least 30 civilians were killed and nine others had sustained injuries in a US-led airstrike in the western Afghan province of Farah in May, the United Nations has said in a report.

30 Afghans killed in US airstrike in Farah in May: Report

A blast rocked the University of Ghazni on Tuesday morning in southern Afghanistan. According to reports, the improvised device blast injured at least eight female students who have been rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment, news agency ANI reported citing TOLO News.

Afghanistan: Blast targets university students in Ghazni, 8 wounded

At least three policemen have been injured in a fight that took place in the police headquarters of the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, Sputnik reported. According to the provincial council chief, Safdar Mohseni, the confrontation took place on Wednesday at around 6:30 pm local time between Amin Akkhail, the local police chief of the province's capital; provincial police chief Niaz Mohammad Niazai; the deputy chairman of the provincial council, Shams-ul-Haq Barakzai; and another officer.

Afghanistan: Three policemen wounded in fight at police headquarters

Calling Taliban a proxy of Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI, Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib has said that his country would never accept being ruled by the "proxy" of such backward country which has a "hard time feeding its own people".

Afghan NSA calls Taliban agent of Pakistan; says country would never accept being ruled by 'proxy' of a backward country

At least six people were killed in a mine explosion in the northeastern Afghan province of Kapisa, local media reported on Wednesday. According to Afghanistan's TOLOnews agency, citing local law enforcement, four women and two children, most likely related, were killed when a roadside mine went off in a village in the Nijrab district of Kapisa province on Tuesday.

Six killed in mine explosion in Afghanistan's Kapisa

Old rivals square up again as an uncertain Afghanistan votes

In a dusty Kabul suburb, hundreds of workers check and recheck biometric fingerprint readers part of a massive effort to ensure Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election is not tainted by fraud allegations that have marred previous polls.

Fraud the main enemy for Afghan election officials

Iran held talks with a delegation from Afghanistan's Taliban, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after peace talks between the United States and the Islamist insurgents collapsed.

Iran says it held talks with Afghanistan's Taliban

At least three people were injured in a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Shaheed Square here on Monday. The incident was confirmed by Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz, according to TOLOnews.

Afghanistan: 3 people wounded in IED blast in Kabul

A US soldier killed by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan has been identified as Army Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz of Puerto Rico, the Department of Defense said on Friday.

United States soldier killed in Afghanistan identified

A "secretive" peace deal between the United States and the Taliban could face wide resistance in Afghanistan if it opens the door to the insurgents` hardline regime, said the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the slain hero of the anti-Soviet resistance.

Son of Afghan resistance hero criticises 'secretive' United state: Taliban deal

The Taliban killed at least 10 people including two NATO troops in a bombing in Kabul on Thursday, in another horrific attack on the Afghan capital as the US and the insurgents negotiate a deal to see American troops leave the country.

Two NATO troops among 10 killed in Kabul suicide attack; Taliban claims responsibility

The Taliban governed Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, imposing strict Islamic sharia law before being ousted and launching an insurgency. Here is some background: Religious students The Taliban originated among young Afghans who studied in Sunni Muslim schools called madrassas in Pakistan after fleeing Afghanistan during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation.

The rise and rise of Afghanistan's Taliban movement

A fresh round of US Taliban peace talks will start in Qatar`s capital Doha on Saturday, officials said, describing it to be the "most crucial" phase of negotiations to end the 18 year war in Afghanistan.

Eighth round of US, Taliban peace talks to start in Doha August 3 - Officials

Twenty-two Taliban terrorists and one civilian were killed in a counter-terrorism operation launched by the Special Operation Forces of Afghan National Police in the country's eastern province of Logar, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: 22 Taliban terrorists, 1 civilian killed in counter terrorism operation

Dozens of powerful Afghans resumed talks with the Taliban on Monday in Doha, where a possible ceasefire is on the table along with key issues such as women's rights.

Afghanistan rivals resume talks for peace with Taliban in Doha

A huge blast was reported in Kabul on Monday, sending a plume of black smoke over the Afghan capital. The explosion occurred during rush hour in the Puli Mahmood Khan neighbourhood of the city.

Afghanistan: Blast near defence ministry in Kabul; several injured

Taliban bombers targeting a district centre in southern Afghanistan have killed at least 19 people, including eight election workers, officials said on Sunday. The attack comes as a new round of talks between the United States and the Taliban to end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan entered a second day in Qatar.

Taliban bombers kill 19, including Afghan election workers

The US military has stopped tracking the amount of territory controlled or influenced by the Afghan government and militants, a US watchdog said on Tuesday, one of the last remaining public metrics that tracked the worsening security situation in the war-torn country.

US military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war: Watchdog

Iran on Wednesday criticized US talks with the Taliban on ending the Afghanistan war, saying Washington was elevating the role of the militants. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged that Iran had also opened a dialogue with the Taliban but said that the US push for a deal with the extremists was "seriously wrong.

Iran denounces US talks with Taliban on ending Afghanistan war

3 dead in twin blasts in Afghanistan

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