August 31, 2019 10:25 pm
The militants, who have demanded that all foreign forces leave Afghanistan, now control or hold sway over roughly half of the country and are at their strongest since their 2001 defeat by a US-led invasion.
July 22, 2017 1:44 pm
While no final plans have been confirmed, MSF hopes to begin building a new trauma center in Kunduz as early as 2018, although likely on a smaller scale than the previous facility, she said.
October 14, 2015 4:33 pm
In announcing their capture of the city on Sept. 28, the Taliban vowed to protect civilians and property, presenting themselves as liberators. But residents say the insurgents immediately went on a rampage, looting shops and killing those who stood in their way.
October 13, 2015 4:25 pm
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an email to media on Tuesday that the fighters are retreating to avoid further civilian casualties.
October 11, 2015 8:46 am
Under the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (CERP), US Forces-Afghanistan has the authority to make condolence payments and payments toward repair of the hospital, he said.
October 10, 2015 4:01 pm
The five-man team would leave soon for Kunduz to look into the cause of the Oct. 3 airstrike on a trauma center run by the international charity Doctors Without Borders, Ghani's deputy spokesman Zafar Hashemi said.
October 05, 2015 2:44 am
Nine people were killed and 33 wounded last Sunday in a bomb attack at a football match in Paktika province. The government responded a day later with airstrikes that killed 85 IS men.
December 26, 2015 12:10 am
For the first time since 2001, Taliban have taken over a provincial capital. Afghan forces are understaffed, low on morale. Ashraf Ghani has a job on his hands.
September 04, 2009 12:16 pm
An Afghan official says a NATO airstrike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan has killed 90 people,including 40 civilians.
October 01, 2015 10:14 pm
On Wednesday, Afghan troops, backed by U.S. airstrikes, massed on the outskirts of the city and at the Kunduz airport to drive out the Taliban.




