GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Asim Omar died alongside six of his fellow terrorists, including Omar's courier to the Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in southern Helmand.

Abdul Mobin D, who stabbed ex Mia V to death, was found hanged in his cell at a juvenile prison in Schifferstadt, Germany, early on Thursday, though authorities said they have not found a suicide note.

National Guard Master Sergeant Mark Allen died in Georgia on Saturday at the age of 46. He was shot in the head by a sniper in Afghanistan in 2009 looking for Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl.

An explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered to offer Friday prayers, causing the roof to collapse and killing 62 worshippers, provincial officials said.

Craig Grossi described meeting his dog Fred in a remote part of the war-torn country while the Marine RECON force - the most elite soldiers in the Corps - were under incessant barrages from the Taliban.

Sher Khan pitched up for Afghanistan versus the West Indies in Lucknow, northern India, but getting a room turned out to be a tall order. Hoteliers were stumped by his 8ft 2in height and refused him.

Military charities, top brass and former SAS hero Chris Ryan call for the Defence National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) in Nottinghamshire to be opened to veterans.

Officers stopped two wooden crates at Heathrow Airport, from Peshawar, in Pakistan, after suspecting the Buddha sculpture and nine Buddha heads inside might contain drugs.

Trump saluted and his wife Melania placed a hand over her heart as a carry team of six white-gloved members of the Army's Old Guard transferred the remains at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, last night.

David Savage, from Canberra, was deployed in the Chora Valley in 2012 in a joint military and civilian mission tasked with rebuilding the town after decades of war.

The Trump administration is expected to announce the removal of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as next week. Between 8,000 and 9,000 troops are expected to remain overseas.

The family's strange story began when Joshua and his wife Caitlan were captured by terrorists while visiting Afghanistan when she was pregnant with their first child in 2012.

A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble of Washington Township, New Jersey, was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province.

Two battle groups from the army's 7th Combat Brigade left Brisbane's Gallipoli Barracks early on Tuesday, ready to man bulldozers and chainsaws to help devastated communities .

Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack saying it occurred in the southern Kandahar province.

Nathan Hunt (right, circled) found Taliban bombs that could have maimed or killed Harry. Warrant Officer Hunt - who became friends with Harry while serving in Helmand province - died aged 39.

One of two U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Saturday has been identified as Miguel Villalon, a 21-year-old from the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois.

Staff Sgt Ian P McLaughlin, 29, and Pfc Miguel Villalon, 21, were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday.

Racheal LaBonte and daughter Raina spoke to Today on Monday about receiving news CIA officer husband Darren LaBonte was killed in the December 30, 2009  suicide blast in Afghanistan.

Pfc Miguel Villalon died alongside Staff Sgt. Ian McLaughlin when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan near Kandahar province on Saturday.

Staff Sgt. Monte L. Gould, 59, is re-enlisting in the army and will be joining a battalion in Las Vegas, Nevada alongside his son, after getting itchy feet. He described the opportunity to re-join as a 'thrill'.

The Taliban has said it shot down an America military plane over territory it controls in Afghanistan, after footage emerged showing wreckage with a US Air Force logo clearly visible on the side.

EXCLUSIVE: A first Test match between England and Afghanistan, planned to take place in 2021, has become a doubt, with the domestic summer set to be dominated by white-ball cricket.

A spokesman for Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani has blamed the Taliban for the woman's death, accusing the militant group of 'cruelty and atrocity'.

Mark R. Frerichs, 57, was kidnapped while working in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost last Friday.

U.S. officials believe Mark R. Frerichs, 57, of Lombard, Illinois, was kidnapped by the Haqqani network, according to an official who was not authorized to discuss the case.

John Bolton was fired as national security adviser by the president this past September after the two butted heads over key foreign policy issues like Iran, North Korea, and Afghanistan.

The deal was signed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Gunmen have shot and killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan's capital at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack.

Prince Harry was remembering Ben Reddy, 22, who was killed when K Company of 42 Commando came under fire from militants in Helmand in Afghanistan on March 6, 2007.

The confronting video, aired by the ABC's Four Corners on Monday night, was shot from a dog handler's helmet camera in the Afghanistan village of Deh Jawz-e Hasanza in May, 2012.

The disturbing footage appeared to show an Australian soldier 'execute' a man as he cowered in a field  in the village of Deh Jawz-e Hasanza, in Afghanistan.

Catherine Braddick-Hughes, 50, served in the Army for 22 years until 2018. She was wounded in combat in Bosnia and Afghanistan but claims a firing-range incident ended her career.

A Taliban spokesperson said they will cooperate and coordinate with international health organisations and WHO to combat the virus. Afghanistan currently has 22 confirmed virus cases.

Former Australian Army private Jesse Bird, 32, was found dead in his Melbourne home in June 2017 after the Department of Veterans' Affairs knocked back multiple pleas for assistance.

The Government vowed in March last year that translators who helped British soldiers in the fight against the Taliban could bring their loved ones to join them in the UK.

Joan Glen, 61, from Cheshire, who served as a nurse in Afghanistan in 2007 is now doing gruelling 12-hour shifts in full PPE equipment as a theatre nurse treating Covid-19 patients.

A new documentary about George W. Bush sheds new light on the events after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which turned Bush into a wartime president.

MasterChef star Poh Ling Yeow has come under fire once again  - this time for making Afghan rice, better known as Afghani Kabli Pulao, in an endorsement for the popular slow cooker, Crock-Pot. 

Change in Taliban leadership may not alter its philosophy as it is decided by a 'Shura' rather than the leader alone

The Afghan Health Ministry said that 49 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in the country in the past 24 hours, which led the total cases surge to 714 on Tuesday.Kabul registered 18 new cases, maximum highest in the country, leaving behind Kandahar with 15 cases, Balkh 6 cases, Herat and Ghazni 4 new cases each, and Nangarhar 2 cases, according to the health ministry's data cited by Tolo News.At least 40 people have recovered from the virus in the country while 23 have succumbed to the highly contagious infection, the Health Ministry spokesman said.In the meantime, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board approved immediate debt relief for 25 countries--including Afghanistan--in order to help these countries focus on COVID-19 response."Today, I am pleased to say that our Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF's member countries under the IMF's revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund's response to ..

A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents demanding economic assistance, leading to the deaths of at least six people, including a local reporter and two police officers, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said the protesters had gathered outside the governor's office in Feroz Koh, the capital of the western Ghor province. They were demanding relief after weeks of restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic. He said some people at the protest opened fire at police, igniting a gun battle that killed the six people and wounded another 19, including nine police. The ministry has launched an investigation and plans to send a delegation to the province. Afghanistan was already mired in poverty before the onset of the pandemic, which has infected nearly 3,800 people in the country and killed at least 109. Many Afghans rely on day labour, which has dried up because of the closure of nonessential businesses.

Former Afghanistan captain Zohib Islam Amiri was looking forward to see his team play against India in Kolkata.

The spread of Covid-19 has significantly impacted Afghanistan from complicating the peace initiative to forcing border crossing closures that have disrupted commercial and humanitarian deliveries, according to a a watchdog report to the US Congress.