KABUL (Reuters) - A series of kidnappings and murders on Afghanistan's highways has some officials and travellers questioning the NATO-backed strategy that reduced security check posts protecting ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters overran multiple checkpoints in a nighttime raid in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province, killing at least 20 police officers as the battle ...

Travellers run the gauntlet of Taliban checkpoints, fighting, robberies, kidnappings, and pressure-plate bombs targeting government officials and security forces. Road trips are a dangerous, and often ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Al-Jazeera reporter Charlotte Bellis about the latest on the ground in Afghanistan following the fall of the... Those Trying To Get Out Of Afghanistan Must Pass Through ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents overran two checkpoints in southern Helmand province and killed 29 border police officers, a provincial official said. Bashir Ahmad Shakir, a provincial ...

Editor’s note: NewsNation reporter Diana Falzone has reported extensively on the sisters’ escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and her involvement in getting them out of the country. Read her ...

Road trips are a dangerous, and often deadly, activity in Afghanistan. The stretch of Highway 1 between the Afghan capital and the southeastern city of Ghazni -- which the Taliban stormed in August ...