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Security forces surrounded the mosque in the Afghan capital after the armed men stormed the building crowded with Shiite worshippers.

In a policy speech on Afghanistan, Donald Trump has performed the greatest reversal so far of his young and wild Presidency.

Donald Trump has reconfirmed his nation's commitment to securing peace in Afghanistan

Police in Helmand province said that officers had been accidentally hit in a 'friendly fire' incident.

An Afghan soldier was killed after a colleague opened fire at a base in northern Afghanistan.

At least six people have been killed after three explosions at a funeral in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the interior ministry said.

Police used water cannons and tear gas to block protesters from reaching the presidential palace and there were regular bursts of gunfire.

A bomb hidden in a sewage tanker has killed at least 90 people and wounded 460 after being detonated near foreign embassies in Kabul.

Theresa May hosted the Nato Secretary General amid speculation that she may commit to sending more British soldiers to Afghanistan.

Abdul Hasib, who is thought to be behind some high profile attacks in the region, was killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces.