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Radical Islamic outfit hit by factional fighting since death of Mulllah Omar denies the claim.

Pakistan lifted moratorium on death penalty after massacre and set up military courts to hear terror cases.

Independent think tank says jihadists could be benefiting from trade in opium to the west.

Three crew members are Moldovans while the identities of others are not known.

Deepening rifts within the Taliban are likely to help Isis militants expand their influence in Afghanistan.

Splinter group claims to have large support in west and south of Afghanistan.

Online clip of young woman killed for adultery in Taliban controlled area. Her lover was lashed but survived.

Pashtun leader Afzal Khan Lala survived more than 10 assassination attempts by the Taliban but succumbed to liver disease on Sunday.

Taliban will not disrupt aid and rescue efforts in Afghanistan after 7.5-magnitude tremor.

450 British soldiers currently in Afghanistan in non-combat roles were set to return end 2015.

Authorities in Kabul and Islamabad assessing damage caused by 7.5-magnitude quake in remote areas.

At least 11 killed in bus bombing in Quetta, provincial capital of restive Balochistan.

An employee of German aid agency, the woman was abducted in Kabul two months ago.

US military presence in Afghanistan will be extended into 2017 with 5,500 troops remaining in the country.

The crash was 'an accident and not the result of insurgent activity', said an MoD spokesman.

BREAKING: Afghan Taliban claims responsibility for bombing in Joy Shir area.

The identities, including gender, as well as the cause of the deaths were not immediately known.

US Gen John F Campbell retracts previous statements on airstrike that killed 23.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says troops pushing ahead in strategic city near Pakistan border.

Taliban claims seizing Yangi Qala district in northern Takhar province.

Al-Qaeda's calls on 'all Muslims' to carry out solo attacks against the US and the West.

Girls in hospital after attacks by suspected Islamists for attending school.

A Kabul car bomb killed 12 people, including three Nato contractors.

The Taliban attack led to the deaths of 125 schoolchildren in December 2014.

Ghani says Pakistan has not done enough to curb Islamist insurgency.

BREAKING: Officials say both casualties and fatalities feared.

The Afghan capital has been hit by a series of explosions.

Blast is first major attack in the city since Mullah Omar's death was announced.

Mullah Akhtar Mansour has appealed for unity among jihadist group's factions in 30-minute audio recording.

Mullah Akhtar Mansour appears to have been named successor to Mullah Mohammed Omar who was pronounced dead.