A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt outside a bank in the Afghan city of Kandahar early on March 21 as Taliban employees waited for their salaries. The bombing, later claimed by the Islamic ...

Thousands of U.S. and Afghan forces head to southern Afghanistan in the coming weeks for a military operation in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban. The operation is intended to confront Taliban ...

Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan military facilities and alleged terrorist hideouts in Kandahar, escalating tensions with ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban on Sunday called their deadly bomb attacks on the southern city of Kandahar a warning to NATO's top general that the insurgents were ready for the war's next major ...

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Even in this dusty, dangerous city long accustomed to violence, the killing last month of Abdul Majid Babai managed to shock. Babai, a well-liked writer and poet, was the ...