Deadly Blast Hits Mosque in Afghanistan - Tasnim News Agency

A powerful explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, causing dozens of casualties, according to officials.

Kunduz Not Captured in Taliban Offensive, Russian Foreign Ministry Says - Sputnik International

(Sputnik) - Russia currently has no confirmation that the Taliban* have captured the strategic city of Kunduz as the militants intensify their offensive across Afghanistan, the special presidential representative for Afghanistan told Sputnik.

Third Afghan Provincial Capital Captured by Taliban - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – The Taliban said they have captured the city of Kunduz, the third provincial capital the group has taken over in the last three days.

Taliban loots families homes and evicts them - The Jerusalem post

Taliban fighters  in northern Afghanistan last month evicted families and looted and torched their homes in apparent retaliation for cooperating with the Kabul government, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan violence: Thousands displaced as fighting intensifies around Kunduz

 

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ECHR backs Germany over probe into lethal Kunduz air attack | Al Jazeera

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Germany thoroughly investigated a 2009 NATO bombing in Afghanistan that was ordered by a German commander and killed dozens of people.

Kurz vor Waffenruhe töteten Taliban dutzende Soldaten und Polizisten

Bei zwei Angriffen starben mindestens 19 Polizisten und 17 Soldaten. Dann riefen die Taliban dreitägige Waffenruhe aus.

Afghan Taliban take district near northern Kunduz in spring offensive

Taliban militants captured a district just outside the northern Afghan city of Kunduz Saturday, officials said, pointing to renewed pickup in fighting after the insurgents announced their annual spring offensive last week.

NATO report clears U.S. in attack that killed 33 Afghan civilians

An investigation led by NATO commanders cleared U.S. soldiers of any wrongdoing in a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan in November that led to 33 civilian deaths.

Ethos America: U.S. general pledges investigation on Afghan air strike casualties

The top American general in Afghanistan promised on Saturday an investigation into civilian casualties caused by an air strike in support of Afghan special forces and their U.S. advisors near the northern city of Kunduz this week.

Carter: 'Deeply saddened' by US service member casualties in Afghanistan

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Thursday that he was "deeply saddened" to learn that two U.S. service members had been killed and four injured overnight in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 30 civils tués dans un raid de l'Otan à Kunduz

Au moins 30 civils afghans, dont des femmes et des enfants, ont péri selon des responsables afghans, dans une frappe aérienne menée par l'Otan à Kunduz, province instable où deux soldats américains ont été tués jeudi.

Two U.S. soldiers die in Kunduz, Afghanistan, attack. Three Afghan special forces troops also died in the attack.

Two U.S. Special Operations soldiers died and two others were injured Thursday during a battle in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, military officials said.

US Prepared to Assist Afghan Forces Amid Taliban Offensive on Kunduz - NATO

US forces in Afghanistan stand ready to aid Afghan partners in the city of Kunduz, which came under a Taliban attack, NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement on Monday.

12 soldiers shot dead in N. Afghan insider attack

Some 12 Afghan army soldiers were shot dead by their fellow comrades in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz Monday night, an official said on Tuesday.

Taliban Seizes More Territory in Afghanistan. B-52 strategic bombers have carried out airstrikes

Afghan officials and insurgent sources say Taliban forces launched overnight and pre-dawn assaults on two districts in eastern and northern Afghanistan, capturing one of them.

Taliban "Fighters" Capture Northern Afghan District

The Taliban captured a key district in northern Afghanistan while the insurgent group kept national security forces under pressure in their bid to move closer to a provincial capital in the volatile south, officials confirmed on Monday.

17 civilians killed in US bombing in northern Iraq : Al Jazeera

At least 17 civilians were killed in a US bombing raid in northern Iraq's city of Tal Afar in the early hours of Thursday, Al Jazeera's Arabic channel reported.

Initial Reaction from MSF to Public Release of US Military Investigative Report on the Attack on MSF Trauma Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan

The United States military today released its investigative report on the attack on the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2015. The attack killed 42 people, including 14 MSF staff members, and wounded dozens more.

US: Afghan MSF hospital air strike was not a war crime

The US military has said that a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan last year was a mistake and therefore not a war crime.