Tag: Afghan army

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of chaos...

The rout of Afghan forces as Taliban fighters take one provincial city after another provides a stark answer to anyone wondering about the success...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country's...

KABUL: Kabul's military training academy is churning out classes of enthusiastic women to serve in Afghanistan's army, but the realities of rising violence and...

KABUL: An Afghan army helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the defence ministry said, citing technical failure.  But the Taliban...

KANDAHAR: Taliban militants wearing Afghan army uniforms launched a suicide and gun attack on a police headquarters near Kandahar Thursday, killing one soldier before the attackers were shot dead, authorities said.

KABUL: An Afghan army general has been arrested by police for trafficking around 19 kilograms (41 pounds) of heroin powder, officials said on Wednesday.

KABUL: NATO's new chief Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Kabul Thursday for talks with President Ashraf Ghani as the coalition prepares to end its combat mission in Afghanistan next month after 13 years of fighting the Taliban.