LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Taliban executed five people in a busy opium market in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and left their bodies hanging overnight after accusing ...

Thousands of Afghans forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupts between government soldiers and Taliban in southern ...

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Provincial council chief Karim Atal said: “If we don’t receive support from the central government, the province will collapse soon”. While Atal said that the Afghan security forces were capable, he ...

Local officials in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan, have said that Al Qaeda has a strong presence in the province’s districts alongside the Durand Line and in border areas between ...

Fighting raged Thursday in Helmand after Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to beat back Taliban insurgents advancing on the besieged capital of the southern poppy-growing province, as ...

Afghan forces repelled a Taliban attack at deadly cost after the militants assaulted a large military base in the southern province of Helmand late on February 28. Afghan officials said on March 1 ...

The Taliban declared dissent unacceptable after returning to power nearly four years ago. Since then, it has detained, tortured, or forced into exile secular opponents, journalists, and human rights ...

Fierce clashes have broken out between Afghan police and Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. A local official, who requested anonymity, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan that the militants ...