KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan forces are struggling to man the front lines against a resurgent Taliban, in part because of untold numbers of “ghost” troops who are paid salaries but only exist ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's defense ministry has averted various efforts by Taliban guerrillas trying to infiltrate into army ranks, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday, but he conceded some ...

CAMP THUNDER, Afghanistan (AP) — Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, commander of Afghanistan’s 203rd Thunder Corps, looked happy as he sat down for lunch in his eastern command post near the border with ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog is pressing the Pentagon to explain reports of tens of thousands of "ghost" soldiers and police on the payrolls of the Afghan security forces, which are ...

I t was nearly midnight in February 2021 when Nasir Andar’s team of soldiers pinpointed the location of the suicide bomber’s house behind a police station in Jalalabad, a city in eastern Afghanistan.

The Taliban have recently announced that work on forming a 100,000-strong Afghan army “nears completion.” While some in Afghanistan might shower praise on the Taliban for this achievement, there is ...

The ongoing conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan resumed last night around 7:30 PM IST after a 60-hour of silence. According to the information and videos released both countries exchanged heavy ...

The man suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., Rahmanullah Lakanwal, has been linked to a ...

2 of 5 — Afghan soldiers plot coordinates for their artillery strike against Taliban fighters in the hills of Nangahar Province. 3 of 5 — Workers set up a local police checkpoint in Nangahar Province, ...