but by years of civil war and a ten year war with the former Soviet Union when it invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The U.S. response during this time was a) to arm and train Afghan rebels fighting the ...

Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid rising tensions with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Pakistan is allegedly plotting to trigger a civil war in Afghanistan, a fear which has escalated after ISI chief ...

Many of their members were former Mujahedeen fighters who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan's civil war in the '80s and '90s. They came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an ...

Much of Kabul lay in ruins at the height of what became known as the ‘civil war’ period in Afghanistan in the mid 90s (1995) Jamiat-e Islami fighter exchanges gunfire with rival faction in the ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of conflict or war ...

As the U.S. continues its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of President Biden’s Sept. 11 deadline, the Taliban is rapidly advancing around the country. Image: Reuters Videos that speak ...

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was shot while shielding his comrades from enemy fire as they worked to save an injured ...

A prominent female rights activist was gunned down in Afghanistan on Thursday as a string of such attacks continue to cause panic in the war-ravaged ... by the country’s Civil Society Forum ...