Taliban kill 22 Afghan police in Farah province ambush
At least 22 police were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan in another blow to forces already suffering record casualties
Taliban seek to exchange body of police chief killer for Afghanistan Army helicopter crash victims
The Taliban is demanding the body of a man who shot dead Afghan police chief General Abdul Raziq in return for the remains of 13 people killed in an army helicopter crash
Afghanistan army helicopter crashes in Farah, killing all 25 on board
An Afghan Army helicopter crashed in Farah province killing all 25 people on board, local officials said.
Afghan military helicopter crash in Farah province kills at least four
An Afghan military helicopter carrying weapons and ammunition burst into flames during an "emergency landing" in western Afghanistan's Farah province, killing at least four people
Turning east: the rise of Islamic State’s Khorasan Province
ISKP’s growth in Afghanistan coincides with its losses in Iraq and Syria, but the US and Taliban are fighting back, Paweł Wójcik writes
A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict
Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation
US and Afghan aircraft deployed after Taliban launch offensive on Farah city
U.S. and Afghan Air Force aircraft have targeted Taliban positions in Farah after the Taliban launched an assault in a bid to capture the city
US aircraft strike 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in western Afghanistan
U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted strikes on 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in Farah and Nimroz provinces between April 3-5


