At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a “catastrophe” at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said Sunday. The huge blaze, which broke out Saturday afternoon at Islam Qala port 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the western ...
At least 10 pro-government Afghan forces were killed in fierce overnight fighting after their checkpoint came under attack from Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan, officials said Friday. The attack, many of which work with overstretched security forces, came as violence surges across the country despite peace talks between the warring ...
