Baghlan

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Insurgents stormed a checkpoint in northern Baghlan province. Photograph: Google Maps
At least 21 killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

At least 21 people including 11 police officers have been killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan, provincial officials said. Insurgents stormed a (...)

An Afghan man holds the body of a relative at a hospital in Kabul on Wednesday. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
At least 92 dead following bombings in Afghanistan

A suicide blast in a mainly Shia area of Kabul killed at least 48 people on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of attacks that have killed hundreds of ci(...)

Afghan security forces prepare to leave for a combat operation after Taliban militants took over Khanabad distrIct of Kunduz, in Charkhab, Kunduz, Afghanistan, 20th August 2016. Photograph: Najim Rahim/EPA
Afghan Taliban captures key district in Kunduz province

The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital w(...)