Taliban

The White House reportedly is balking at Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Army Gen. John F. Campbell said Afghan forces were defeating the Taliban, clearing the way for U.S. withdrawals to continue.

The Afghan government said a wave of suicide bombings in Kabul was a show of force by the Taliban after the death of Mullah...

Taliban fighters were expected to gain "windfall" profits from a bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan to fund future offensives.

The Afghan war is stalemated after 15 years of fighting, Army Gen. John Nicholson said Thursday.

At least two U.S. troops were killed in a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Afghanistan.

Defense officials say one U.S. troop has been killed and two more wounded in fighting in southern Afghanistan.

The Pentagon denied Thursday that a ransom was paid for the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

A promised counterattack by Afghan forces aimed at retaking the strategic city of Kunduz from Taliban militants collapsed...

Afghanistan's spy agency and Taliban spokesmen confirmed top Taliban leader Mullah Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike.