An all-girl team of roboticists from Afghanistan will watch their creations compete in a US competition via Skype after being denied entry visas.

President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has condemned a massive bomb attack in the capital Kabul, which killed at least 90 people, as "cowardly".

The U.S. has more than 8,000 US troops in Afghanistan, training local forces and conducting counterterrorism operations.

The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target Islamic State tunnels and personnel.

He also praised the US for its “leadership of the international rules-based order

The troops will attempt to help the Afghans hold on to the city of Lashkar Gah, the southern capital of Helmand province.

A large explosion has been reported in the Afghan capital of Kabul, with witnesses saying that electricity went off in the city.

Police have arrested alleged attacker indentified as a 21-year-old Syrian refugee man

THE son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

The United States will leave more troops in Afghanistan at the end of the year than previously announced, President Barack Obama said.

Afghanistan's spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike.

"Our Afghan counterparts expressed their gratitude for China's long-term support over the years, and also said they support China's position on the South China Sea issue

At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say.