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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Taliban offensive on Ghazni, Afghanistan had six goals and that militants failed to reach them. He says the offensive will likely continue at least until Afghanistan holds elections in October. (Aug. 17)

A blast that killed scores of students capped an extraordinary week of violence in Afghanistan, dimming what the U.S. and Afghan governments had considered real prospects for a cease-fire and peace talks with the Taliban.

A Taliban attack on an Afghan army base in the northern province of Baghlan killed at least 44 Afghan police and soldiers on Wednesday as the terrorist organization continues its push against government forces, according to ABC News. The Afghan ministry of defense did not release an immediate comment but provincial officials said nine police and 35 soldiers were killed in the attack. Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, the head of the provincial council in the northern Baghlan province, said the attackers set fire to the checkpoints after the attack began on Tuesday night. Dilawar Aymaq, a parliamentarian from Baghlan, confirmed the attack which targeted the checkpoints run by the military and local...

A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said Wednesday, as life gradually returned to normal in parts of the eastern city of Ghazni after a massive insurgent attack last week, with sporadic gunbattles still underway...

Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, the head of the provincial council in the northern Baghlan province, said the insurgents set fire to the checkpoints after the attack late last night in the Baghlan-I Markazi district.

The militants accuse the humanitarian group of failing to improve conditions for jailed Taliban.

A Taliban attack on a military outpost in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Wednesday killed up to 44 Afghan police and soldiers, provincial officials said, as the insurgents kept up pressure on government forces.

Assadullah Jalalzai's family were woken up by Taliban gunfire last Friday.