Gold mine collapse kills 5 miners in northern Afghanistan

A gold mine collapse has killed five miners in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, local authorities said Saturday. The ...

25 years after 9/11, Taliban rules Afghanistan again, but with U.S. firepower

CBS News finds Taliban forces patrolling Kabul in American armored vehicles, wearing American tactical gear and carrying American weapons.

American University of Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Amid Funding Cuts

The State Department has denied its funding for the next two years, jeopardizing the education of hundreds of female Afghan ...

Afghanistan’s defense ministry claims forces killed 41 insurgents crossing from Pakistan

Afghanistan's defense ministry says its forces have killed over 40 insurgents who crossed from Pakistan and captured dozens ...
The Diplomat

How 9/11 Changed – and Didn’t Change – Afghanistan

In other ways, too, Afghanistan has now reverted to where it stood 23 years ago: Women are stripped of the most basic freedoms, the government remains unrecognized, and millions of girls, like I ...

Pakistan vs. Afghanistan: From allies and neighbors to war

For years, Pakistan supported the Taliban in Afghanistan. But now Pakistan is bombing its neighbor. How the former allies ...
Xinhua

Afghanistan, Tajikistan seal power deal for remote border districts

KABUL, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Afghan power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), announced on Saturday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Tajikistan's Pamir Energy Company to supply ...