Rahim Faiez

The fall marked the latest development in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalize their pullout from the war-torn country.

Former interpreters are becoming increasingly public about their fears they will be killed should the Taliban return to power.

An explosion ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. Hundreds of people were believed to be inside.

Their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Insurgents staged a coordinated attack against security forces when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives and fighters engaged them in a gun battle, an Afghan official said.

Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to 339.

The Taliban captured the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday in a multipronged attack involving hundreds of fighters, the first time the insurgents have seized a major urban area since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

A man wearing an Afghan security force uniform opened fire inside a base in southern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. soldiers in what appeared to be the latest so-called "insider attack" to target foreign troops or contractors in the country.

Two men wearing Afghan security force uniforms opened fire Wednesday inside a military base in southern Afghanistan, killing two NATO service members before being shot dead themselves, the international force said.