Afghanistan - Page 3

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.

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.

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.

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.