KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have seized most of Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, and also captured Ismail Khan, the veteran local commander leading militia resistance there, local ...

HERAT, Afghanistan Suspected Taliban militants fired at least one rocket into western Afghanistans biggest airport on Friday, causing a temporary disruption to flights, officials said. Local police ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces and Taliban militants clashed again on the outskirts of the western Afghan city of Herat on July 31 -- a day after the militant group attempted to storm ...

HERAT, Afghanistan — The delayed drawdown of international troops and a revitalized insurgency are forcing officials to strike a difficult balance between security and economic growth as they plan to ...

Two Afghan guards at a foreign logistics company working with NATO are killed following an attack at the company's offices in the outskirts of relatively calm Herat city Two Afghan guards were killed ...