Two children were killed and nine others were wounded in two successive bomb explosions in Mazar-i-Sharif city, capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Tuesday, the city police said.

A Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan killed at least 17 local militiamen, an Afghan official said Sunday.

Afghanistan, Sept 3 (AP/UNB) — An Afghan official says the death toll from a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul late Monday night has risen to 16 civilians, with another 119 people wounded.

Afghanistan, Sept 02 (AP/UNB) — The Taliban attacked a second Afghan city in as many days on Sunday, killing several civilians and security forces, officials said, even as Washington's peace envoy said the U.S. and the militant group are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end America's longest war.