While no one claimed the attack, an Afghan official blamed the attack on the Taliban

Afghanistan: Insurgents attack checkpoint, kill 11

Taliban militants attacked Afghan security posts in the western province of Herat on Thursday, killing nine soldiers and one police officer, a district governor said on Friday

Taliban kills 10 security forces in Afghan province of Herat

Milley said it was in the national security interest of the United States to maintain troops in Afghanistan.

Taliban, Haqqani Network enjoy safe haven in Pak border region: US Army chief of staff to lawmakers

Several people died including district governor of Khawaja Omari district, Afghanistan on Thursday after Taliban militant attacked governor's compound and police check posts

Afghanistan: 7 killed in Taliban attack including district governor

As per security official Safar Mohammad, a police soldier was killed in an encounter with the Taliban on Dawlat Abad-Qaramqol highway in the Qaramqol district and one was injured

3 Afghanistan security soldiers killed in separate incidents

According to the report, the local Taliban leaders, killed in the operation, have been identified as Tur Dil alias Mullah Tur, Pacha, Mohammad Shafiq alias Sanga, and Muskin.

4 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

The explosives went off prematurely, killing the two militants, as they were busy planning to plant it

Afghanistan: Local Taliban leader dies as IED he was planting explodes

At least 59 people were killed, including Taliban commanders, according to security sources

Taliban vows 'serious revenge' over Afghan airstrike

Villagers in the Afghan province of Kunduz said on Tuesday they had buried dozens of victims of a government air strike in a Taliban-controlled district

Afghans bury civilians as UN investigates air strike

They added that the operations were ongoing to eliminate the militants from Wardoj and Yamgan districts of the province, which has been under the group's control for a year.

At least 27 Taliban militants killed by security forces in Afghanistan

At least 23 militants, including two Islamic State (IS) militants, were killed in operations by Afghan security forces in the last 24 hours, according to Afghanistan's defence ministry

Afghanistan: 23 militants killed in last 24 hours

"There are many people in the same situation. Thousands of young people are jobless, they either join the Taliban or cross the border to Iran to find a living."

As Afghan forces squeeze in Helmand, Taliban focus shifts

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, she has continued her campaigning while pursuing her studies at Oxford University.

Itinerary 'kept secret' but Malala returns to Pakistan six years after she was shot by Taliban

'For last five years I have dreamed that I can set foot in my country,' she said, wiping away tears

Watch: Nobel Prize winner Malala in tears on emotional return to Pakistan

Tashkent`s ties with the West were strained under Karimov who was often criticised over his government`s human rights abuses.

Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government, Taliban

Earlier on March 25, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he was optimistic to end the four-year-old insurgency crises in the country while saying that the on-going peace process was on for national consensus

Turkey welcomes Afghan's call for peace process with Taliban

Helmand governor's spokesman Omar Zwak said the explosion took place outside Helmand stadium in Lashkargah City of the province on Friday when people were leaving the stadium after watching a wrestling match

Afghanistan: Death toll from car bomb attack rises to 15

The Taliban earlier denied involvement on Twitter

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Mike Andrews recently visited Afganistan with US defense secretary James Mattis last week to review security in the region.

No resumption of security aid until Pak addresses terror concerns: US

According to Washington, there is little sign that Islamabad has made a decision to end its support for the Taliban

US Vice President Mike Pence urges Pakistan to 'do more' against Taliban

Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danesh said all those killed and wounded in the explosion were civilians with no casualties among the contractors

Taliban claims deadly car bomb attack in Kabul

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack

Kabul: Suicide car explosion kills two, three wounded

The death toll in the attack by a teenaged Taliban suicide bomber on March 14 today rose to 11

Four Taliban facilitators arrested for Lahore suicide bombing

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