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Afghanistan: 10-year-old 'militia hero' Wasil Ahmad gunned down by Taliban outside his home
The child victim had recently enrolled at school as a fourth grader.
Afghan Taliban wants UN sanctions lifted and prisoners freed to hold peace talks
Taliban lists pre-conditions to join four-way peace negotiations following informal talks in Doha.
Afghanistan: Man cut off wife's nose when she protested his plans for second marriage to a six-year-old
The 20-year-old woman said she was tied up and tortured by her husband.
Afghanistan: Taliban vows to strike again at TV news channel Tolo after seven journalists killed by bomb
Taliban didn't like what 24-hour news channel Tolo News was reporting about fighters.
Afghanistan setting up its first women's university in Kabul
Afghan first lady Rula Ghani announced that preparations have begun for establishing the university.
Afghanistan: 4 killed and 24 wounded in suicide bomb attack outside Russian embassy in Kabul
The attack in Kabul is the sixth in the Afghan capital this year.
Afghanistan: Taliban and police hunt for man who chopped off wife's nose
It is not known why Mohammad Khan mutilated his wife Reza Gul's face.
Pakistan: Militants attack Bacha Khan University in Charsadda with 3,000 students inside
Unconfirmed report suggests two gunmen were shot dead in the ongoing gunfight.
Pakistan Army Retribution: Game based on Taliban massacre of Peshawar schoolchildren pulled from Google Play
In the game players took the role of a Pakistani soldier fighting Taliban militants in the school.
Afghanistan: Exhausted British bomb disposal experts died due to equipment shortages, army report reveals
Lack of armoured vehicles meant crews could not transport the best bomb disposal robots.
Afghanistan: Jalalabad suicide blast kills 13, injures 20
BREAKING: Bomber targeted government guest house of Nangarhar provincial council member.
Canadian Colin Rutherford set free 5 years after taken captive by Taliban in Afghanistan
Rutherford, who had been suspected by the Taliban of being a spy, freed with the help of Qatar.
Taliban insurgency: Pakistan hosts 4-way talks involving US and China over Afghan peace process
Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, the US and China kick off discussions in Islamabad.
Afghan forces' Helmand operation kills 140 Taliban Islamists
Afghan security forces claim Marjah town in Helmand province has been retaken from Taliban.
Afghanistan: US soldier killed, two others injured in fierce fighting with Taliban in Helmand
The American service member's death is the first for the US military in 2016.
Pakistan: Powerful suicide blast wrecks government building killing 18 people
BREAKING: Deadly blast targets Nadra office in Madran city in Pakistan's Kyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims responsibility for deadly Kabul airport blast
At least one person was killed and 13 others injured in a suspected suicide car bomb explosion.
Battle for Sangin: British troops 'boost morale' as coalition fights off Taliban onslaught
The deployment of troops allowed the coalition to relieve 200 Afghan police under Taliban siege.
Isis: Russia coordinating with Taliban forces to fight terror group
Moscow is even ready to supply arms to Afghanistan's Islamist group, says President Putin's envoy.
Battle for Sangin: UK and US reinforcements arrive as Taliban assault Helmand province
Nato troops withdrew from Sangin in 2014 as war in Afghanistan wound down.
US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl held by Taliban enters no plea in preliminary hearing
The army sergeant captured by the Taliban could face life in prison on charges of desertion
Afghanistan: A timeline from departure of British troops to the fresh battle for Sangin
Battle for Sangin rages as UK military personnel redeployed to Helmand Province.
Bloody Helmand: 100 'proud' British soldiers died defending Sangin - the Taliban will conquer it anyhow
Does the 2006-2013 British military expedition in Afghanistan now look like an exercise in futility?
Battle for Sangin: Taliban advances on desperate Afghan resistance as UK and US deploy special forces
Taliban's attempt to cut off key supply line for Afghan forces contained by police under siege at Sangin HQ.
UK sends troops back to Helmand as Taliban close to overrunning Sangin
Ministry of Defence says small number of personnel sent to Camp Shorabak in advisory role.
Taliban Helmand offensive: Islamist fighters seize key Sangin district in opium production province
Helmand is an important Taliban base as it produces most of world's opium
Afghanistan: Taliban mount major assault on Helmand in Kunduz-like siege
Islamists capture government buildings including police headquarters in Sangin.
Afghanistan: Taliban storm Kandahar international airport as passengers are trapped
Fighting occurring between Taliban attackers and Afghan forces in the south of the country.
Afghanistan: Truck bomb wounds at least 12
The explosion was very powerful, damaging a number of nearby buildings.
Taliban releases audio tape to prove Mullah Akhtar Mansour is still alive
'Rumours' of his death have been deliberately propagated to divide and weaken the Taliban, the audio message said.