Insurgencies

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria plans to hold an aid conference at the end of this month or in early September...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters captured the major city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing,...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The killing of 23 people returning from a Muslim festival in Nigeria was a premeditated ambush...

By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday, following a week of rapid territorial gains...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have begun entering the Afghan capital Kabul from all sides, the Afghan interior ministry said...

(Reuters) - The insurgent Taliban have captured almost all of Afghanistan, leaving the government in control of little more than...

By Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rout of Afghan forces as Taliban fighters take one provincial...

TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has detained 84 Afghan military servicemen who crossed the border on Saturday, the Tashkent government said...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram...

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Attackers killed 22 commuters on a road near the capital of Nigeria's Plateau state, a morgue attendant...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan...

KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents have seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities, local officials said on Friday, as resistance from government...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the Taliban to immediately halt their...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have seized most of Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, and also captured Ismail Khan, the...

(Reuters) - Taliban insurgents control an estimated 65% of Afghan territory, after making rapid advances against local forces who are...

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies on Friday warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as Taliban advances drive tens of...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents detained veteran militia commander Mohammad Ismail Khan on Friday after they seized the western city...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is sending his special envoy for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia amid...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the Taliban to ensure the safety of its diplomats and staff...

(Reuters) -Taliban insurgents have made rapid advances across Afghanistan in recent months as U.S. and other foreign forces withdraw. Following...