Afghanistan

The Taliban are continuing their attack on Ghazni, with intense fighting and more than 100 people reportedly dead.

Two burka-clad men have killed 29 people and injured more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan, an official told the BBC.

Militants have attacked a midwife training centre in Afghanistan, killing two guards and a driver and injuring at least eight other people.

India raced to a dominant victory over test debutants Afghanistan after the hosts' blistering bowling attack helped them beat the visitors by an innings and 262 runs in the one-off match in Bengaluru.

The suicide bomb attack that hit a voter registration centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, has killed at least 57 people, officials say.

A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens as they waited to receive identity cards…

At least 31 people have been killed and 65 wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack near a shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

Militants have attacked an army base near a military academy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers.

At least 18 people have died in a Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, and a witness says foreigners were specifically targetted.

Some 160 people have been rescued but at least six civilians died after gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul.

More than 70 people have been killed in attacks on two mosques in Afghanistan, officials say.

Taliban suicide car bombers and gunmen have killed at least 33 people including a police chief in a series of attacks across Afghanistan.

A Canadian held hostage by the Taliban has spoken of the group's "stupidity and evil", revealing they murdered his daughter and raped his wife.

The International Red Cross is to cut "drastically reduce" its presence in Afghanistan after seven of its staff were killed in attacks this year.

The Defence Force stands by the findings of its official investigation but accepts friendly fire may have played a bigger role in a deadly firefight in Afghanistan in 2012.