Afghanistan

The 20-year-old son of Osama Bin Laden has been groomed for jihad from a young age.

The first match between Ireland and Afghanistan on 10 July was abandoned due to rain.

Ireland host Afghanistan in the first ODI of the five match series.

UK's troops in Afghanistan to be increased from 450 to 500.

Only around 200 Hinud and Sikh families are left in Afghanistan as against 220,000 members until early 1990s.

14 people were reportedly killed and eight wounded in the attack on 20 June.

Many security personnel killed in Taliban attack in Ghazni.

Hostage-takers – believed to be Taliban – wore military fatigues as they carried out attack on 31 May.

The report says that people who fled violence and are trapped in the country, live on the brink of survival.

President Ashraf Ghani has called the reconstruction of the palace as 'laying the foundation for the country's future'.

Afghan Taliban intensifies offensive in embattled Helmand province.

Memorial Day, which falls on Monday 30 May, remembers men and women who died while serving in the US military.

Chog Singh's hands were sliced up as he tried to protect his 14-year-old son.

The incident occurred in the Bagh-e-Daud region of Paghman district.

The terrorist group's former leader was killed in a US drone strike on 21 May.

Haqqani, and the network bearing his name, is blamed for a number of attacks in Kabul which have killed dozens.

The terror group seized on the withdrawal of Western troops 'to re-establish its headquarters' in the south.

The Taliban fighter was targeted by multiple drone strikes in Pakistan on 21 May

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group has been accused of the 2013 Kabul attack.

Ashraf Ghani's government have rejected the idea due to cost and time delays.

Hazaras are demanding the line linking mineral-rich Central Asia pass through two provinces dominated by them

Taliban announced its spring offensive in April and Helmand has seen an uptick in violence.

There are 294 unaccompanied children living in the Calais refugee camp, with further 129 unaccounted for.

Prime Minister David Cameron says companies buying properties have to reveal who the identities of owners.

Two former armed forces interpreters lose High Court challenge to be provided with government assistance.

A crash on a major highway in Ghazni province has left scores dead and 73 wounded.

Two Afghan policemen being trained by Nato launched apparent insider attack near Kandahar.

Unnamed woman was executed in Jowzjan Province by being shot in the back of the head

Refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan have chosen cricket instead of the more popular football.

Goldsmith's former brother-in-law allegedly described the Taliban's fight in Afghanistan as a 'holy war'.