The US military has been deployed in Afghanistan for almost five years now. The presence of tens of thousands of foreign troops has had an effect on the local economy. One unusual market is an ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb in a busy Afghan market killed four people on Saturday in the western province of Herat, an official said, the latest attack targeting civilians in the decade-long war ...

KABUL - Dozens of civilians, NATO coalition troops and Afghan security forces were killed and wounded Wednesday when a suicide attacker blew himself up in a bazaar, according to the top commander of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. KABUL, Afghanistan • Dozens of civilians, NATO coalition troops and Afghan security forces were killed and wounded Wednesday when ...

Now Zad was a bustling city, the second largest in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, before Taliban fighters moved in and made it a stronghold several years ago. Now it is largely abandoned.