News Afghanistan Kabul: Taliban hit Afghan capital with 3 bombings, at least 10 die
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban unleashed three bombings in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 10 people — including five women and a child — as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of ...
News Afghanistan Kabul: Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoints, kill 7 policemen
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says at least seven Afghan policemen were killed overnight when the Taliban stormed security checkpoints in western Badghis province. Mohammad Naser Nazari, a ...
News Afghanistan Kabul: Afghan official says Taliban ambush police convoy, kill 9
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban ambushed a security convoy in western Afghanistan, killing nine policemen, and in Kabul, a would-be attacker died when a bomb he was trying to plant at a private ...
News Afghanistan Kabul: Pompeo accelerating plan to downsize US Embassy in Kabul: report
Some are worried that the reduction could strain relations with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ... from The Hill on plans for the embassy in Kabul.
News Afghanistan Kabul: Delegates Flock to Kabul for Controversial Peace Jirga
Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, is bracing for a peace jirga — a traditional gathering of elders and prominent Afghans — with heightened security next week, as nearly 3,000 delegates from across the ...
News Afghanistan Kabul: Exclusive: U.S. accelerates plan to drastically downsize Kabul embassy - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is accelerating a plan to cut up to half of the workforce at the U.S. embassy in Kabul starting at the end of next month, sparking concern it will ...