Afghanistan News

Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women.

A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four policemen before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday.

Navy SEAL dog handler John Douangdara was killed two years ago in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, along with his dog Bart.

Janet Landrum prepares to give her son 1LT Brandon J. Landrum's portrait a final kiss at the conclusion of a Memorial Cermony in honor of the five soldiers from Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas which were killed in action in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

When the 4th Brigade Combat Team from the 101st Airborne Division took control over three key provinces in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, they were likely the last American combat brigade in the area now that the U.S. is handing over responsibility for security to the Afghans.

A PROUD father held his son tightly in his arms as his Lancashire's soldiers were given a heroes' welcome in Burnley.

Fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan government forces has erupted in a highly-volatile corner of Helmand province.

A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings.

Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are to be given the right to live in the UK, government sources have confirmed.

"What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." "What I have is, in many ways, an undeserved gift." His amazing run continued Tuesday night as he appeared before an overflow crowd at the Barnes & Noble on Manhattan's Union Square.

Update : The Defense Department on Friday afternoon confirmed that Army Spec. Mitchell Daehling and two others died May 14 "of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device." Daehling and Spc.

She was pregnant with daughter Grace at the time - and she is determined to make sure she knows about his bravery The youngest widow of the Afghanistan war, who was A pregnant when her husband was killed, has spoken out nearly a year on, saying: "He would've been a great dad." Last June Sam Stone, 21, learned her childhood A sweetheart Gregg, 20, ... (more)

President Hamid Karzai passed the Elimination of Violence against Women law with a presidential decree in 2009, but law has yet to be ratified by the Parliament.

Laborers digging a water ditch just 200 yards from a former US Special Forces outpost in Afghanistan have discovered the body of a missing Afghan man, Sayid Mohammad, who was last seen being taken to the base after being taken into custody by men associated with the US military.

As of Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at least 2,091 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Both soldiers died May 16, 2013, in Kabul, Afghanistan , of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device.

A powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in western Afghanistan as forces were engaged in a deadly battle with large groups of Taliban fighters who attacked police checkpoints in the south, officials have said.

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova , toured the Ayesha-e-Durrani school in Kabul as part of her three day visit to Afghanistan.

Gov. Nikki Haley canceled scheduled events Monday to spend time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.

A suicide attack in northern Afghanistan on Monday morning killed at least 11 people, including the head of the local provincial government, police said.