Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Opposition forces claimed Friday they broke though Taliban defenses around Mazar-e-Sharif and entered the key northern city. The report could not ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Nov. 11 -- Women walked in the streets without veils for the first time in more than two years in Mazar-e Sharif today as the city in northern Afghanistan began to emerge from ...

The Northern Alliance continued its push into Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, claiming Monday that its fighters had seized Herat, the biggest city in the west of the country, and were waiting to enter ...

BANGI, Afghanistan --The Taliban agreed Thursday to surrender their last northern stronghold, Kunduz, and hand over thousands of Arabs and other foreign fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden, northern ...

At least 27 people are dead and scores more injured after an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on November 3, just two months after a deadly and ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities recently pulled down a monument depicting a 15th-century Uzbek poet -- only to promise two days later to rebuild it, a rapid U-turn that may signal a pragmatic side ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 22 -- Afghan opposition forces reported "furious battles" with Taliban troops in northern Afghanistan today, but the rebels are far from Mazar-e Sharif and an advance on the ...

Nov. 9 -- Northern Alliance rebels say they have broken Taliban defenses and entered the strategically crucial city of Mazar-e-Sharif, in what would be a major boost to the U.S.-led military campaign ...

While exploring Afghanistan, I never expected to find myself caught in the middle of a Taliban parade in Mazar-e-Sharif. The country was marking the 4th anniversary of what locals call the “liberation ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, provincial authorities said on Monday. The U.S.

John Walker Lindh, the 20-year-old American who fought with the Taliban, apparently will not face the death penalty. The Bush Administration will charge him with providing aid to a terrorist ...