The area around the town of Khost in eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, is where American-led forces are concentrating a lot of attention in the hunt for Al-Qaeda and Taliban ...

More fighting has erupted between rival ethnic Pashtun clans near the eastern Afghan town of Gardez. The weekend battle was in the same area where U.S.-led forces last month launched Operation ...

June 23, 2022 — As the numbers of those who have lost their lives in a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan continues to rise, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has deployed emergency teams to the ...

The network is active in the Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Logar, Wardak, and Kabul, and provides support to Taliban networks in Kunar, Nangarhar, Helmand, and Kandahar provinces ...

Located in eastern Afghanistan Paktia province, the district borders Khost province. Linking the two provinces is a key highway that leads from Khost to the provincial capital of Gardez in Paktia.

WASHINGTON (Dec. 28, 2010) -- Measurable progress has been achieved in Afghanistan's Khost and Paktia provinces, but it is fragile, Col. Viet Luong, commander of the American task force in the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A bomb blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that was being used as a voter registration center killed at least 14 people and wounded 33, officials said on Sunday.

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The fierce clashes are ongoing in eastern Afghanistan's Khost and Paktia provinces bordering Pakistan, TOLOnews reported, quoting a source from the Ministry of National Defense, as per Xinhua news ...

Following clashes, approximately 1,000 people fled to the neighboring Alisher district of Khost province. However, the Pakistani army has yet to confirm any clashes with Afghan forces.

US and Afghan forces hit the Haqqani Network hard in the summer of 2009 during a series of raids in Khost, Paktika, Paktia, Logar, and Zabul. Major battles were fought in mountainous regions as the ...