KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have seized most of Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, and also captured Ismail Khan, the veteran local commander leading militia resistance there, local ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces and Taliban militants clashed again on the outskirts of the western Afghan city of Herat on July 31 -- a day after the militant group attempted to storm ...

HERAT, Afghanistan — The delayed drawdown of international troops and a revitalized insurgency are forcing officials to strike a difficult balance between security and economic growth as they plan to ...

Two Afghan guards at a foreign logistics company working with NATO are killed following an attack at the company's offices in the outskirts of relatively calm Herat city Two Afghan guards were killed ...