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Several Twitter accounts that look like they belong to some well-known news networks recently shared that a journalist had been captured and killed by the Taliban in Kabul. But these accounts weren't authentic and they've since been suspended. 

THE TALIBAN has seized control of much of Afghanistan - which parts have they captured?

The Taliban have reached Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, and say they is awaiting a peaceful transfer of power.Earlier Sunday the Taliban took over Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province and the last major city outside the capital to have been under g

The Taliban expects a peaceful transition of power in the next few days, a spokesman said on Sunday, as the insurgents reached Afghanistan's capital Kabul with little resistance.

The United States is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours, including top officials, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN on Sunday.

United States (US) President Joe Biden appeared to deflect the criticism he received over the situation in Afghanistan, to his predecessor Donald Trump. "Biden said, “When I came to office, I inherited a deal cut by my predecessor—which he invited the Taliban to discuss at Camp David on the eve of

The Taliban completed their sweep of the country's south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that brought them closer to Kabul.

Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul are destroying sensitive documents as the Taliban advances, two sources told Fox News

WASHINGTON (SBG) — As the Taliban rapidly gains ground in Afghanistan's provincial capitals, many fear Kabul, the center of the Afghan government, will fall next. It would be a catastrophic turn in the Afghan's government fight against the T

CIA Director William Burns said last week that the Taliban is engaged in offensive operations across Afghanistan and that the group is probably in its best military position in decades.

The head of U.S. Central Command declined to say whether the military will cease airstrikes against the Taliban after the previously announced end date for such responses.

U.S. officials have approved and conducted airstrikes on Taliban forces in Afghanistan who had previously stolen equipment from Afghan forces.

Iran has hosted the first significant talks in months between the Taliban and Afghan government representatives.

Tajikistan on Wednesday called on members of a Russian-led military bloc to help it deal with security challenges emerging from neighbouring Afghanistan, the RIA news agency reported.

Turkey and Russia have closed their consulates in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif amid Taliban victories nearby.

(CNN)Thousands of prisoners -- including senior al Qaeda and Taliban figures -- remain in Afghanistan's Bagram prison under the sole control of Afghan authorities, following the swift departure of US combat troops from the sprawling compound that houses it, Afghan and security officials told CNN

More than a thousand Afghan National Army soldiers scarpered over a bridge in the northern province of Badkhshan following clashes with the resurgent jihadists on Sunday. Afghan troops are filmed laying down arms as US general overseeing NATO exit says he's shocked by how quickly they've

My children go to a small Christian private school. One of the most popular teachers has been called up to go to Afghanistan for another tour. He will leave behind his wife, children and school. My kids are distraught. My oldest asked me a question for wh

(CNN) -- Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device, the US-led coalition in Kabul said in a statement. Two service members were also injured in the incident in the southern province of Kanda

President Donald Trump "is preparing to announce a long-anticipated drawdown of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan" according to White House sources who spoke to CNN, the network reported Sunday morning. The Trump Administration has been preparin