Kabul

Attacks on army, police and U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul

A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul have killed at leas...

Aug 09, 2015 09:09 PM EDT

Judge sentences 11 Afghan police over lynching of woman in Kabul

An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob ki...

May 19, 2015 08:11 AM EDT

U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been s...

Dec 21, 2014 03:28 AM EST

Kabul police chief quits after attack that group says killed three staff

The police chief of Afghanistan's capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third dead...

Dec 01, 2014 03:59 AM EST

U.S. Air Force probed for scrapping costly planes bought for Afghans

A U.S. government watchdog agency is asking the Air Force to explain why it destroyed 16 aircraft in...

Oct 10, 2014 03:34 AM EDT

U.S. may keep secret prisoners in custody after Afghan war exit

The fate of a group of prisoners held in near-total secrecy by U.S. forces at a prison in Afghanista...

Sep 30, 2014 01:04 AM EDT

Afghan court sentences seven men to death for gang rape in case that shook capital

Afghanistan handed the death penalty to seven men on Sunday for raping and robbing a group of women ...

Sep 08, 2014 12:05 AM EDT