Afghan and coalition forces killed nine militants, including al Qaeda and Taliban commanders, in two separate operations Friday, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.
Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.
In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group, according to a source familiar with the talks.
Political and economic solutions are needed alongside military might to help end the fighting in Afghanistan, the country's minister of defense said.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in Afghanistan over the weekend that killed doctors and police officers.
A roadside bomb detonated outside the home of a provincial governor in Afghanistan's Kabul province Saturday, killing the governor and three of his bodyguards, officials said.
A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response.
An airstrike by Pakistani fighter jets killed more than 30 Taliban fighters, including one believed to be a high-ranking commander, a government spokesman said Saturday.
Taliban militants attacked a patrol of U.S.-led coalition troops in northern Afghanistan, while insurgents came under fire by NATO aircraft after attacking an Afghan army outpost in the south. At least 10 militants were killed in the fighting
Afghan and coalition forces killed nine militants, including al Qaeda and Taliban commanders, in two separate operations Friday, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.
Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.
In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group, according to a source familiar with the talks.
Political and economic solutions are needed alongside military might to help end the fighting in Afghanistan, the country's minister of defense said.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in Afghanistan over the weekend that killed doctors and police officers.
A roadside bomb detonated outside the home of a provincial governor in Afghanistan's Kabul province Saturday, killing the governor and three of his bodyguards, officials said.
A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response.
An airstrike by Pakistani fighter jets killed more than 30 Taliban fighters, including one believed to be a high-ranking commander, a government spokesman said Saturday.
Taliban militants attacked a patrol of U.S.-led coalition troops in northern Afghanistan, while insurgents came under fire by NATO aircraft after attacking an Afghan army outpost in the south. At least 10 militants were killed in the fighting
Some in Afghanistan blame Pakistan's government for rising violence, but others say nothing can stop the growing militancy
Security was tightened in and around Kabul on Sunday with 7,000 additional police officers deployed ahead of Monday's 89th observance of Afghanistan's independence from Great Britain.
U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan said Monday that eight civilians were killed when coalition aircraft bombed a compound not knowing that the suspected Taliban militants they were targeting had taken "hostages" including young children.
Coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed four women and a child during an operation against the Taliban, the U.S.-led coalition said on Friday.
A surprise raid stuns the NATO alliance, but it brings no sympathy for the coalition forces among the local populace
Pakistani paramilitary troops have destroyed several Taliban outposts and uncovered a jail where they kept kidnap victims, the interior ministry says.
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan have risen sharply in the past year, largely due to more Taliban attacks and roadside bombings, U.N. officials said Sunday.
Pakistan launched an offensive against the Taliban on Saturday, the biggest military push against militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region since a civilian government took power in March.
An increase in attacks by Taliban fighters operating from Pakistan is a "real concern" in the nearly 7-year-old war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
A suicide bomb exploded near a U.S.-led coalition military convoy in Afghanistan on Friday, killing 5 civilians, a coalition soldier and an Afghan soldier, military and police officials said.
Afghan and NATO forces have pushed the Taliban out of several villages in southern Afghanistan they claimed to have seized, the governor of Kandahar province said Thursday.
A well-planned jailbreak and quick takeover of dozens of villages show Taliban fighters are again gaining strength
Afghan and coalition forces killed more than 15 insurgents and captured five while searching for militants who escaped in a daring jail-break last week, the U.S. military said Sunday.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters have taken over several villages in the same southern Afghanistan province where about 400 Taliban militants recently escaped from prison, local officials and police said.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters took over several villages in southern Afghanistan on Monday just outside the region's largest city, and NATO and Afghan forces were redeploying to meet the threat
Afghan security forces on Saturday worked to hunt down the nearly 400 Taliban militants who escaped from a Kandahar prison in what police called a daring and well-executed jailbreak the day before.
Afghan security forces, aided by coalition troops, killed 100 suspected Taliban militants in a two-day operation in southwestern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.
Australian soldiers have started "a major push" against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the Australian government said Monday.
The Taliban in Afghanistan -- whose government was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the September 11 attacks in 2001 -- has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a State Department report released Wednesday.
Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing at least six police officers, authorities said.
The son of the Dutch defense chief was killed Friday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and the Taliban claimed they deliberately made the young lieutenant a high-profile target
A resurgent Taliban is back in charge over parts of Afghanistan, the chief U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday in an assessment that differed from the one made last month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Pakistani security forces on Monday shot and wounded a well-known Taliban operative in southwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said.
Afghan and foreign troops raided a house in western Afghanistan Sunday in search of a Taliban commander, leaving at least seven civilians -- including women and children -- dead, authorities in the area told CNN.
Dutch troops killed two of their own comrades and two Afghan soldiers during "confused" weekend skirmishes with Taliban fighters in south-central Afghanistan, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Two foreign nationals working for the European Union and the United Nations have left Afghanistan after the government ordered them out for allegedly trying to talk to the Taliban, officials from the international organizations said Thursday.
Attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan and support for the Taliban are both on the rise, but Iraq remains a bigger priority for American commanders, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
The last major battle before winter is one NATO has fought before. That doesn't bode well for a peaceful spring
NATO is acknowledging YouTube as its new battleground in the six-year war on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, as the military alliance posts formerly secret surveillance and attack video.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
While political turmoil roils the capital, Pakistan's military are struggling to contain a domestic insurgency in the Swat valley
Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces freed seven prisoners held by Taliban members in Qalat district, the coalition said on Tuesday.
Afghan and coalition forces killed several militants and detained at least 18 others on Wednesday during operations targeting Taliban fighters in two volatile southern Afghan provinces, the U.S.-led coalition said in statements issued on Thursday.
A German man who was taken hostage by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan in July was freed Wednesday, Germany's foreign minister announced.
Pakistani air force planes swooped down on the country's troubled tribal region on the border with Afghanistan Tuesday, launching a blistering airstrike that left as many as 50 militants dead, Pakistan Army sources said.
Scores of insurgents have been killed over the last day during fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said on Wednesday.
Several armed militants including a "a local Taliban commander" were killed early on Friday during battles in southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said.
Afghan and coalition forces engaged in another fierce battle with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing more than 40 insurgents in the 12-hour engagement in northern Kandahar province, the U.S. military said.
Taliban kidnappers Thursday released the seven remaining South Korean hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials, Afghan and Taliban officials said.
A Taliban commander who masterminded the July kidnapping of South Korean aid workers was among 16 militants killed by U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan soldiers, according to a police official.
Nineteen South Koreans who were held by the Taliban as hostages in Afghanistan for six weeks arrived early Sunday at Incheon International Airport near Seoul.
Afghan police and foreign forces killed around 60 suspected Taliban fighters, many in the region where the insurgents recently released a group of South Korean church workers they had been holding, authorities said Saturday.
Taliban militants released the last seven South Korean hostages on Thursday under a deal with the government in Seoul, ending a six-week drama that the insurgents claimed as a "great victory for our holy warriors."
Seven remaining South Korean hostages held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan could be released Thursday, according to a presidential spokesman.
The approximately 100 Pakistani paramilitary forces who were reported missing Thursday in the region of South Waziristan have been found and are safe, an army spokesman said.
Taliban militants have released 12 out of 19 South Korean hostages held in captivity in Afghanistan for more than a month.
Afghan and coalition forces have destroyed an opium drug lab in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, after a short skirmish with Taliban militants, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday.
South Korean negotiators in Afghanistan have reached a deal with Taliban militants holding 19 South Korean Christian aid workers for over a month, a presidential spokesman in Seoul said Tuesday.
Taliban militants released three South Korean hostages on Wednesday, the first of 19 captives scheduled to be freed under a deal struck between the insurgents and the South Korean government.
A South Korean government spokesman said Tuesday that Taliban and Korean delegates have negotiated a deal to release the 19 Korean hostages who have been held hostage in Afghanistan since July
Taliban militants and South Korean officials resumed face-to-face talks on the fate of 19 Korean church volunteers held captive since July, a spokesman for the militants said Tuesday.
Nineteen South Koreans held hostage for six weeks in Afghanistan are kept on the move by their Taliban captors, but are said to be in good health, a doctor in touch with a senior commander in the insurgent group told reporters Friday.
A German citizen kidnapped by Taliban insurgents more than a month ago in central Afghanistan appeared in a video Thursday imploring his family and government to do more in securing his release.
A pair of South Koreans, held hostage for nearly a month by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home Friday, arriving in Seoul in the early afternoon.
The U.S. military received "credible reporting" of a sizable Taliban force at Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan, leading to the latest offensive in that area, a top American general said
Two female South Korean church volunteers released from Taliban custody in Afghanistan are expected to arrive in Seoul on Friday, according to the South Korean Foreign Ministry.
Two women among the 23 South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban in mid-July were freed Monday on a rural Afghan roadside and then driven to a U.S. base, the first significant breakthrough in a hostage drama now more than three weeks old
Taliban militants attacked a coalition military base in southern Afghanistan for the second time Saturday and the third time this week, the U.S.-led coalition said.
Taliban militants holding 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan will release two female hostages who are unwell, a Taliban spokesman says.
Afghan troops backed by coalition aircraft are fighting a "large battle" with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the second major skirmish there this week, the U.S. military reported.
Afghan troops backed by coalition aircraft are fighting a "large battle" with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the latest major skirmish there this week, U.S. military reported Thursday.
A Taliban deadline for the lives of the remaining 21 South Korean hostages passed Wednesday with a purported militant spokesman saying none had been harmed
The families of the remaining 21 South Korean hostages being held in central Afghanistan say they have all but lost hope for the survival of their loved ones after a second hostage's body was recovered.
A second South Korean hostage held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been killed, a spokesman for the militant group told CNN on Monday.
Taliban leaders threatened on Monday to kill more of their 22 Korean hostages unless the Afghan government relents to their demands to release rebel prisoners.
More than 50 insurgents were killed in a 12-hour battle pitting Taliban militants against Afghan security forces and coalition troops in restive southern Afghanistan, the coalition statement released Thursday said.
One of 23 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been killed, and militants have threatened to execute 14 others, a local official and a Taliban spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.
Taliban talks with South Korea over the fate of kidnapped South Korean volunteer aid workers in Afghanistan are progressing well, a Taliban spokesman said, adding that he thinks "the situation will be solved peacefully."
Afghan Taliban rebels said Saturday they have killed two German hostages captured Wednesday, but the Afghan Foreign Ministry said one is still alive and the other died of a heart attack.
A series of bombings in recent days in northwestern Pakistan is spreading fears in the region and the West.
"Several" Taliban militants were killed Saturday in fighting along the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said. NATO also reported "initial indications" of many insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghan National Security forces, working with coalition forces, detained a wanted Taliban commander during an operation in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, according to the coalition.
NATO troops on Thursday secured the wreckage of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter apparently shot down by Taliban militants, an attack that killed everyone on board
Weapons crossing the border from Iran to Afghanistan may be winding up in the hands of the Taliban, the hard-line Islamic militia that is battling U.S.- and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, U.S. and British officials said.
In the Sangin Valley in southern Afghanistan, hundreds of British troops swept into lush poppy fields Monday, drawing hostile fire at the start of a NATO operation to expel the Taliban from a valley stronghold.
Fifteen suspected Taliban were killed in southern Afghanistan over the last two days, and a NATO service member was found dead on Friday, military officials in Afghanistan said on Saturday.
Twenty-four Taliban fighters were killed during a seven-hour battle with Afghan and coalition forces at nightfall Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition command said Thursday.
A British soldier on a routine patrol was killed in a firefight with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan Friday, the British Defense Ministry said.
The Taliban's top military commander said his forces have assembled a hundreds-strong army of suicide attackers poised for a spring offensive against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Coalition forces may have killed a "known senior Taliban leader" in a "precision air strike" in southern Afghanistan early Wednesday, a NATO statement said.
A day after saying it killed a "key" senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan in a precision airstrike, NATO's International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Monday identified him as Abdul Ghafour.
The commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Forces on Saturday said troops will "kick the Taliban out and defeat them" after Taliban forces took control in the southern Afghan district of Musa Qala overnight, shouldering out a locally raised force of auxiliary police loyal to the Afghan government.
A top Taliban military commander described as a close associate of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar was killed in an airstrike this week close to the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Saturday.
This is the time of year that fighting traditionally tapers off in Afghanistan as winter sets in, so it's probably not too surprising that the Taliban's latest offensive is on the propaganda front.
NATO's International Security Assistance Forces said Wednesday it has received "credible reports" of civilian casualties -- including women and children -- from at least one of three fights Tuesday involving government, ISAF and Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan.
The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he "would understand" if many Afghans switched their allegiance back to the Taliban due to the failure of international forces to deliver needed improvements.
Backed by 400 years of history, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan finance minister, told an audience at the Royal Institute of National Affairs in London this week: "Afghanistan is not a place that can be pacified by force."
NATO members have failed to respond to a call from military commanders for reinforcements to try to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a massive suicide car bombing that killed at least 18 people -- including two U.S. soldiers -- near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
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