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 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan lawmaker says the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, has fallen to the Taliban after the insurgents launched a major assault there earlier in ...

The reported capture Friday of Mazar-e-Sharif, if the rebel gains prove sustainable, would give U.S. and anti-Taliban forces an important strategic foothold in northern Afghanistan and would ...

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 ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 21 -- In the continuing battle for control of the northern Afghan town of Mazar-e Sharif, more is at stake than military victory. Aid officials said today that the town ...

The Taliban entered Afghanistan’s northern metropolis of Mazar-e-Sharif, eliminating one of the last significant sources of resistance to the insurgents, as President Ashraf Ghani sought to ...

Afghanistan has not had a functioning railroad for 100 years. But a link is now being completed between the Uzbek border and the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif to connect with the outside world.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN – Fatima was born with a disability which confines her to a wheelchair. When she started school, she endured bullying and insults. She would often come home crying.

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 ...