MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – The fall was as fast as it was furious. The sounds of gunfire contrasted by impassioned prayers ricocheted through the dark sky as hundreds – possibly thousands – of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Saturday after a multipronged assault launched by insurgents, according to a lawmaker.

An army soldier in Kabul on Saturday. The Taliban have been advancing toward the capital after sweeping through other parts of the country. (Victor J. Blue for The Wall Street Journal) The Taliban ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, provincial authorities said on Monday. The U.S.

KABUL, April 21 – An explosion claimed by the Islamic State at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday killed at least 11 people, a health official said, one of a ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An explosion claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday killed at least 11 people, a health ...

Frozan Safi, a well-known women's rights defender, was found dead this month in Mazar-e Sharif, a city in northern Afghanistan. A widely-seen security warning that spread over messaging apps was ...

Several American citizens and hundreds of others, including children, have reportedly been prevented for days from flying out of the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif on planes chartered by ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near one of Afghanistan’s largest cities Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The USGS issued an orange alert in its PAGER system, which ...