Ashraf Ghani
Afghanistan Braces for Tough Fighting Season as Taliban Announces Spring Offensive
'Jihad against the aggressive and usurping infidel army is a holy obligation upon our necks,' said a Taliban statement, as they announced the start of this year's fighting season.
Three Rockets Hit Kabul During Surprise Visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry
Kerry dropped in on Afghanistan to show support for a government that has faltered in the face of a weak economy, political infighting, and the Taliban insurgency.
Suicide Blasts Target Afghan Defense Ministry and Tribal Elder Who Fought the Taliban
At least 20 people were reported killed and many more injured in separate suicide bombings in Kabul and the province of Kunar in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghan Official Warns President on Facebook That His Province Is Falling to the Taliban
The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province issued a public plea for President Ashraf Ghani to send help after months of heavy fighting.
Two Spanish Nationals Among 13 Dead After Taliban Attack in Kabul
A suicide attack at guest house attached to Spanish embassy in Kabul was the latest in a series of assaults on targets linked to foreigners in the Afghan capital.
Taliban Fighters Ordered to Help Earthquake Victims and Not Kill Aid Workers
The massive quake that has now killed more than 300 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan has prompted the Taliban to get involved in the disaster relief effort.
The Taliban Is Fighting for Control of an Opium-Rich Provincial Capital in Afghanistan
The fighting near the city of Lashkar Gah comes three weeks after the Taliban scored a major victory by briefly capturing the northern city of Kunduz.
US to Make 'Condolence Payments' to Families of Victims in Afghan Hospital Bombing
The Pentagon says it will offer payments to the families of civilians who were killed or injured when a US airstrike hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital last week.
The Pentagon Keeps Changing Its Story About the Hospital it Bombed in Afghanistan
The general in charge of coalition forces in Afghanistan once again tweaked the US version of events when he testified before the Senate Armed Forces Committee on Tuesday.
Death Toll in Hospital Bombing Climbs to 22 as MSF Demands Answers
Doctors Without Borders has called for an “independent international body” to investigate the suspected US airstrike, and denied that Taliban fighters were firing from the hospital.
Afghanistan's President Slams Reports Pakistan Will ‘Train and Equip’ Their Spy Agency
Reports have emerged of an agreement signed by Kabul and Islamabad in recent days that would see Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence work closely with Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security.
Taliban, Helped by Foreign Fighters, Makes Inroads in Kunduz
As Taliban advances toward the northern city, provincial governor claims IS-allied forces and supporting and training the Afghan militants