Five Taliban Guantanamo detainees have agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a move that would meet a key demand of the hardline Islamists and ease the path to peace talks, Afghan officials said on Sunda

An American soldier walked off his base in southern Afghanistan and opened fire on civilians on Sunday, reportedly killing three, Western and Afghan officials said.

The soldier was held afterwards, N

The United States on Friday signed a deal transferring the controversial Bagram prison to Afghan control, marking a breakthrough in negotiations over a strategic treaty between the two nations.

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More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radica

At least 145 people are missing and "presumed dead" after an avalanche hit a remote village in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province last week, the United Nations said on Saturday.

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U.S. authorities are looking into allegations that some Afghan Air Force (AAF) officials have been using aircraft to transport narcotics and illegal weapons across the country, a U.S. official said on

Afghan authorities say an avalanche has destroyed a village in northeastern Afghanistan, with scores feared dead.

Deputy governor of Badakhshan province Shams Ul Rahman said on Tuesday that 37 peopl

Protests over the burning of Qurans at a NATO base may have faded but some Afghans are still venting their rage over the incident - at a bloody Kabul dogfighting ring.

If emotions here are any indica

Police are hunting for an Afghan intelligence official suspected of shooting dead two US officers at the interior ministry in Kabul amid violent anti-US protests, a government source said on Sunday.

A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people in an attack on a military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, the latest incident of violence and protests since copies of the K