Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country’s east, killing more than 1,000 people and wounding many more ...

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in 20 years injures 1,500 people in the remote provinces of Paktika and Khost. Skip links Skip to Content. Live.

The quake was Afghanistan’s deadliest in two decades, and officials said the toll could rise. An estimated 1,500 others were reported injured, the state-run news agency said.

L ast week’s suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers in Khost, Afghanistan, underscores just how difficult a mission the agency — and the U.S. as a whole — faces in the country. Given ...

Surgeon Joshua Alley at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia. It has been 10 years since he and his military colleagues tried to save lives after an attack on the CIA in Khost, Afghanistan.

Last December, an al-Qaida double agent walked on to the U.S. base in Khost, Afghanistan and blew himself up, killing seven CIA officers. Former CIA operative Robert Baer explains what happened ...

KHOST, Afghanistan — Insurgent forces detonated a bicycle bomb in a busy market square in Khost City on Monday, less than a mile from where U.S. forces were meeting with key provincial leaders ...

At least 1,000 people are dead and 1,500 are hurt after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, the country’s state-run Bakhtar News Agency is reporting.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll from airstrikes by the Pakistani military in eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 45 people, local officials said on Sunday, exacerbating simmering tensions ...

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A blast was heard in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Friday and smoke was rising near a NATO base, a Reuters witness and nearby residents said. There was no ...