Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Prez palace in Kabul

The Taliban has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack on the presidential palace in Kabul where a press conference was scheduled by President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday. Multiple explosions......

US military suspends training of Afghan police recruits

The United States military has suspended training of some 1,000 Afghan police recruits while it double checks the background of the current police force following a spike in insider attacks on......

Mullah Omar killed? Taliban says no

The Taliban said on Monday that its supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar is alive and "living in a safe place," in Afghanistan dismissing reports that he was killed in Pakistan two days......

7 killed, 90 injured in Kabul blast

At least seven people were killed and over 90 injured in a suicide car bomb blast outside the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) headquarters in Kabul on Saturday. The presidential palace......