Here is an animated map showing how and when the ... the capital of Nangarhar province before surrounding the capital city of Kabul. Taliban fighters captured Mazar-i-Sharif – the country ...

In return for resources flowing to the regions from Kabul, local tribal and clan chiefs provided security in their areas as well as cooperation with the center. The center-province balance was ...

The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan’s capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in the north defended by powerful former ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen barraged the diplomatic quarter and Parliament in the Afghan capital for hours Sunday and struck at least three eastern provinces as well ...