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 (AP) - The Taliban on Saturday captured a large, heavily defended city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government, and were approaching the capital of Kabul, less ...

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 ...

Agha Jan, an elderly farmer from Balkh’s Chimtal district, moved to the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif three months ago. 10 Asadullah, 7, lives in a mud-brick house with his family of eight. 11 Hundreds ...

MAZAR E SHARIF, Afghanistan - The Soldiers of the Female Engagement Team, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, had their first opportunity to interact with the local female population by ...

Northern Alliance commander Ustad Attah from the front line today, said, ”The situation is very good for us and very bad for the Taliban,” “Each day they are becoming weaker … we can move very soon to ...

Uzbekistan has sent experts to the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e Sharif to help repair its airport equipment and restart operations. The Uzbek special presidential envoy for 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. KABUL, Afghanistan — ...

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The Pentagon is encouraged by reports that the Northern Alliance has captured the strategic town of Mazar-e-Shareef, after prolonged U.S. bombing weakened Taliban forces there. The U.S. officials ...