The U.S. invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9/11 attacks a month earlier. The U.S. presence in Afghanistan then continued under four presidents.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An elite new Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan army is struggling with old weaponry, low pay and desertions, yet performs better than the troubled Iraqi army and could defend Afghanistan without U.S. and NATO ...

An Afghan national who once worked with the CIA is suspected in the shooting of two National Guard members. NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the CIA's role in Afghanistan.

In the years since the Biden administration abandoned America’s Afghan allies to the Taliban, I’ve told you about my frustrated efforts to save Afghans I served with in the Afghanistan War. Recently, ...

A 29-year-old Afghan national has been identified as the suspected gunman who shot two West Virginia National Guard members ...

A 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been identified as the suspected shooter in the ambush that ...

Pakistan's military says troops have raided two Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, triggering intense shootouts that left 23 militants dead.

Trump condemned the shooting as "an act of evil, an act of hatred and an act of terror', calling it a 'crime against our ...