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Afghan Alliance preparing 'multi-pronged attack'

Northern Alliance troops say they are preparing to launch a "multi-pronged attack" against Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan. Haron Amin, a spokesman for the opposition group said they are ...
Opinion

A two-day internet blackout shows even the Taliban can’t turn back time

For 48 hours, the Taliban appeared to turn back the clock in Afghanistan with a directive to cut off the internet and phone networks, disconnecting millions of people from the world outside.

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry said early Sunday, following more than a week of deadly clashes which continued despite ...

Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes in worst fighting since Taliban returned to power

Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in ...
CNN

Afghan leader urges U.N. to extend security force mandate

Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai asked the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to extend and expand the mandate of multinational security forces in Afghanistan. Karzai made his remarks to the ...

Boy hides in plane’s landing gear on flight from Kabul to Delhi

An Afghan boy traveled from Kabul to Delhi by hiding in the landing gear compartment of a plane, Indian authorities have said.
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New raids near Kabul; heavy bombing in Kandahar

U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan entered their second week Sunday by targeting positions in the mountains north of the capital Kabul where the ruling Taliban had moved artillery and heavy armor, ...
CNN

Afghan car bomb kills 14 children

A suicide car bomb blast near a voter registration site killed 16 people, 14 of them children, and wounded 58 in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to a senior police official and ...
CNN

Defense officials: Air operation to last 'several days'

Pentagon officials said Sunday the airstrikes that began just after nightfall in Afghanistan could continue for some time as the United States and Britain seek to soften Taliban air defenses and ...
CNN

Five in NATO-led force killed in Afghanistan

Story Highlights At least two of the five service members killed were from the U.S. August the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the Afghan war started in 2001 KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Five ...
CNN

'Afghan mullah, sons killed making bomb'

Last month a suicide bomb at a mosque killed the province's deputy governor KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN)-- A militant mullah and his two children were killed when a bomb he was making in his southern ...