Afghanistan's Taliban, which spent 20 years fighting the U.S.-backed government in Kabul as an insurgency, is now battling to defend its increasingly draconian rule from resistance forces bent on ...

The U.S. has been fighting in Afghanistan since shortly after 9/11, ousting the Taliban and their harsh interpretation of Islam from power that fall. But the insurgent group as which it reformed ...

The Taliban have been sweeping through Afghanistan as the U.S and other forces pull out of the country and Afghan security forces surrender or flee.

Heavy fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has continued in the capital of Helmand province, ... All foreign forces are expected to leave Afghanistan by August 31.

Afghan troops prepare to battle Taliban after September U.S. withdrawal 02:42. Kabul — In his first address before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening, President Biden underlined ...

In Afghanistan, commando military units are kept busy chasing out the Taliban, then moving on to the next, inevitable advance elsewhere. But after special forces retake an area, ill-equipped ...

The latest edition of the Medal of Honor-focused comic book series brings Clint Romesha's actions in Afghanistan in 2009 to ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – While most of the winding road to Kabul after dark is a sleepy, dimly-lit journey as Afghans remain huddled in their homes, the massive military build-up in Jabal Sijaj ...

As the last foreign troops depart Afghanistan, the United States is counting on its old foe, the Taliban, to keep the new threat posed by the Islamic State militant group at bay as the country ...

The Taliban faces a growing resistance movement in Afghanistan that could threaten its rule of the country, which it established after the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

The Taliban alleged to have “completely conquered” the region after two weeks of fierce fighting. If the allegation is true, it means the Taliban control every one of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.

The Taliban have taken over a TV station in Afghanistan’s strategic Helmand province, a source at the TV and radio station told CNN Monday, marking the latest of a series of advances by the ...