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Afghan security personnel gather to leave the Khogyani district after a month long anti-Taliban operation in various parts of eastern Nangarhar province on August 30, 2015. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo

Undeterred by death of leader, Taliban steps up campaign in Afghanistan

WorldAugust 30, 2015

Iran ‘enlists Afghan refugees as fighters to bolster Syria’s Bashar Al Assad’

WorldAugust 26, 2015

At least 11 dead in Afghan gas storage explosion

WorldAugust 25, 2015

Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack on a Nato convoy in Kabul on August 22, 2015, that killed at least 12 people. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo

Nato contractors among 12 killed in Kabul bombing

WorldAugust 22, 2015

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met in Ufa, Russia, on July 9, 2015, on the sidelines of a summit of the Brics emerging economies. Ria Novosti / AFP

Iran may be India’s key to Central Asia

WorldAugust 20, 2015

Policemen stand at the site of a car bomb blast at the entrance gate to the Kabul airport. Ahmad Masood / Reuters

Casualties feared after blast at Kabul airport checkpoint

WorldAugust 10, 2015

An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint on a roadside in Kabul on August 9. EPA

Taliban bombing kills 22 in Afghanistan

WorldAugust 09, 2015

An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR

Kabul bombings toll rises to 51

WorldAugust 08, 2015

An Afghan policeman is pictured at the site of a truck bomb blast in Kabul on August 7, 2015. Ahmad Masood/Reuters

At least 35 killed in Kabul after multiple bombings

WorldAugust 08, 2015

Head of Taliban's Qatar office quits as leadership rift deepens

WorldAugust 04, 2015

Mullah Akhtar Mansour co-founded the Taliban but some members are believed to be unhappy with him and have rallied around former leader Mullah Omar’s son, Yaqoob, instead. Taliban Handout/Reuters

Life and death of Mullah Omar cast a long shadow over Afghanistan

WorldAugust 04, 2015

An Afghan man holds a calendar bearing the images of Afghan leaders including the Taliban's late chief, Mullah Omar, bottom second left. Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo

New Taliban leader already facing staunch internal resistance

WorldAugust 01, 2015

Hafiz Saeed, leader of Pakistan's religious group Jamaatud Dawa leads funeral prayers for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 30, 2015. Ahmed Ali/AP Photo

Mullah Omar’s deputy to ‘succeed’ him as Taliban leader

WorldJuly 30, 2015

Undated photo of Mullah Omar, chief of the Taliban, who is reportedly dead. Afghan officials are investigating the claims. Photo by Getty Images

Taliban’s one-eyed leader Mullah Omar ‘dead’

WorldJuly 29, 2015

An Afghan wounded teenager lies on a bed at a hospital in Puli Khumri, capital city of Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on July 27. A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left at least 20 people dead and many wounded, an official said. Jawed Basharat/AP Photo

At least 21 dead in Afghan wedding massacre

WorldJuly 27, 2015

Afghan children playing with plastic guns as they celebrate Eid Al Fitr, on the outskirts of Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo

Afghanistan bans toy guns to curb culture of violence

WorldJuly 22, 2015

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