Afghanistan’s blame-game continues ... experienced international analysts would struggle to identify Ghor on a map or name its provincial capital. At peak presence, the U.S./NATO coalition ...

Why is Christian Science in our name ... into Afghanistan this year, which has allowed US and Afghan forces to have “increased fourfold” the number of operations in the adjacent provinces ...

Afghanistan has a population of 38 million. About 4.5 million people (12 percent of the country) live in the capital Kabul, which is located in the east of the country. Other major provinces ...

Attacks in Afghanistan by province, 2007 versus 2008. Click to view chart. Afghanistan has seen its worst bout of violence since the US overthrew the Taliban government in 2002. Taliban-related ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan-- A suicide truck bomb exploded in a southern Afghan province Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 62, authorities said. The blast struck the gate of the ...

A U.S. service member was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province Tuesday — the ... The slain service member's name is being withheld until next-of-kin can be notified.

Prior to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, leaders of Panjshir province had called on the Afghan government in Kabul to grant them more autonomy. Most of the valley's population are ethnic ...

Here is a list of the potential provinces: BADAKHSHAN ... but it did not name those which would be. NIMROZ – In Afghanistan's southwest, Nimroz has estimated population of only 400,000.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan's capital Kabul suffered severe power outages in recent days after a power pylon in central Parwan province was blown up on the weekend by unknown attackers. A spokesperson ...

Nuristan has few roads and is cut off from Kabul Mountainous Nuristan is one of the most volatile and inaccessible provinces in Afghanistan, writes the BBC's Bilal Sarwary. It is also one of its ...