Beijing. The Chinese citizen was travelling the previous evening in northern Takhar province bordering

spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province, was arrested, imprisoned for three days and then fired

Several rockets struck Afghanistan's Kandahar airport overnight, RT reported.No casualties have been reported so far. Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in recent weeks as the Taliban have intensified their offensive against civilians, Afghan defense and security forces. This comes in wake of foreign troop's drawdown from the war-torn country. Last month, three rockets landed in areas near the Presidential Palace during Eid prayers. Over the last few weeks, the Taliban captured several distri

The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days.... The report includes government claims of insurgent casualty figures, but in most cases these cannot be independently verified by The Times.... Both sides routinely inflate casualty totals for their opponents. April 30-May 6, 2021 At least 139 pro-government forces and 44 civilians were killed in Afghanistan the past week, the highest death t

( Reuters)-Taliban forces have recaptured three districts in northern Afghanistan that fell to local militia groups last week, a spokesman said on Monday. The districts of Bano, Deh Saleh, Pul e-Hesar in Baghlan province were taken by local militia groups in one of the first signs of armed resistance to the Taliban since their seizure of the capital Kabul on Aug.... But his statement suggested that there was no fighting for the moment." The Islamic Emirate is trying to resolve the problems peac

A Taliban flag flies in the main square of Kunduz city after fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Aug.... It was the fourth provincial capital to largely succumb to Taliban fighters in less than a week, as they ramp up a push across Afghan's regions, and wage an assassination campaign in the capital, Kabul.... Two provincial council members said the Taliban took control of the governor's office and police headquarters after a day of firefights, as wel

Two suspects have been arrested in Afghanistan in connection with the killing of seven polio vaccinators last month, police said on Saturday, putting the blame on a group opposed to Taliban rule. The health workers were killed in separate attacks in the northern province of Kunduz while working in a house-to-house campaign to eradicate the crippling virus.“ The arrested men have confessed to their crime and said they shot the polio vaccinators after receiving orders from their leaders from the R

But with Taliban fighters only a few dozen miles from the city by nightfall Saturday, Kabul itself is in peril.... Afghan children look at a passing aircraft Saturday from a makeshift camp in Hasa-e-Awal Park in Kabul.... As Nooria spoke, she soothed someone else’s crying child....

30, but the State Department was not able to complete the evacuation of all Afghan allies and now lawmakers are demanding answers." We have gotten no assistance at all from the State Department to move them," Rep.... " We have a lady in Tajikistan that's nine months pregnant.... And we need help removing them." Fox News could not immediately reach the State Department for comment on the escalating situation in western Asia....

Open this photo in gallery Afghans inspect damaged shops after fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan, on Aug.... The Taliban said they had captured the entire province. Jawzjan provincial council member Shir Mohammad said most of Sheberghan, including provincial government buildings, had fallen to the Taliban.... An Afghan security forces spokesman on Saturday had denied the Taliban had taken the city, saying forces were working to defend Sheb