Afghanistan

Nato is considering a renewed commitment to a long-term training mission in Iraq as the US puts pressure on its European allies to help hold the country against Isis militants.

The Iranian leader alleged creating instability in war-torn Afghanistan through the Isis is necessary to justify Washington's security presence.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes close on the heels of a deadly suicide bombing.

A heat map of fitness tracker activity has revealed sensitive and potentially dangerous information about US soldiers around the world.

Afghan authorities have raised the death toll from Saturday's suicide bombing in Kabul to 103, as hundreds of people gathered for funerals.

Taliban kill at least 95 with suicide bomb in ambulance in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, a week after militants attacked Intercontinental Hotel and took guests hostage.

Afghan troops dropped onto a hotel roof rescue hostages from a terror attack, while other guests used bed sheets to scale down walls from windows.

Four gunmen stormed a hotel in Kabul taking several hostages. An Afghanistan security official said one of the attackers has been killed.

US Central Command expresses "serious concern" at clip posted onto YouTube of weapon being fired into driver's window.

Suicide bomber detonates himself in a crowded place in Afghan capital, killing at least 20 people and injuring several others.

In a separate incident, a bomb went off in the same Nagarhar province killing as many as 18 people.

At least 40 people are killed and scores of others left injured when the explosion occured in the western area of Kabul.

Both the Taliban and the local Islamic State affiliate have carried out several past attacks in the capital, mainly targeting security forces.

American-Canadian family was released in October, following joint operations by US and Pakistan officials.

Hamza bin Laden, spokesperson for terror group Al-Qaeda, issued statement days after the CIA released files recovered during a raid at bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in 2011.

Afghan refugee Hussein Khavari raped and drowned Maria Ladenburger, 19, in Freiberg in October 2016. Police found a tooth in his home which showed that Khavari is 25.

Rabia Nasimi fled Afghanistan, along with her family, when she was five. In the UK, her new home, she was able to thrive and fight her way to Cambridge.

Underage suicide bomber suspected to have carried out the explosion inside Kabul's Green Zone, which houses several diplomatic missions and state buildings.

The Taliban killed 13 police in an attack on a checkpoint early Sunday in the northern Kunduz province.

The attacks come just two days after Taliban gunmen stormed a police training centre in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 74 people.

Taliban threats, extreme poverty and child marriage prevent many girls in Afghanistan from getting a proper education.

Russia funds the Taliban in Afghanistan by $2.5m a month through laundered fuel sales, according to the Times who spoke to a treasurer with the group.

Joshua Boyle and his family from Canada were held by the Haqqani network, which is connected to the Taliban, for five years in Afghanistan.

Brexit could "overwhelmingly impair the quality of British nationality" according to top index.

Stadium was packed with people watching the Shpageeza Cricket League, Afghanistan's domestic T20 tournament.

The Afghanistan terror group made the outlandish claim on their propaganda website.

The US Embassy compound is located about 500 meters (yards) down the road from the bank.

Breitbart was scathing in its view on Trump's 'Obama-like' Afghanistan policy.

Sayeed, known for her figure-hugging outfits and feministic views, is not a favourite of religious extremists.

Officials believe the Taliban, which controls parts of Afghanistan, refines poppies into heroin and morphine.