A blast was reported in Mazar-i-Sharif’s eastern district, with no confirmed details on casualties or damage, amid rising ...

Russia delivers nearly 4,000 tons of wheat flour to Afghanistan, as aid agencies warn of worsening humanitarian conditions and urgent food needs. Russia has delivered its first humanitarian shipment ...

Northern Alliance commanders have claimed two victories, including the capture of a town outside the strategically important city of Mazar-e Sharif. In Washington, meanwhile, U.S. officials said they ...

Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance is on the offensive and the United States seems to have responded to the group’s call for bombing Taliban front lines to clear the way for an advance. U.S. planes hit ...

Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Opposition forces claimed Friday they broke though Taliban defenses around Mazar-e-Sharif and entered the key northern city. The report could not ...

With Security, Business Booms In Mazar-e Sharif by Charles Recknagel MAZAR-E SHARIF -- As the heat of the day subsides at dark, hundreds of families gather in a large amusement park on the outskirts ...

Among the opposition soldiers who seized Mazar-e-Sharif were some 2,500 Hazaras, a Shiite group whose members were massacred by the Taliban when they took the city three years ago. "Hazaras have been ...