MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – The fall was as fast as it was furious. The sounds of gunfire contrasted by impassioned prayers ricocheted through the dark sky as hundreds – possibly thousands – of ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – The streets of Mazar-i-Sharif were empty when scores of Taliban fighters on bicycles swarmed through in a remarkably quiet takeover. I spent the day at a hotel with ...

The city would open an essential supply route for those opposed to Taliban rule from neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to opposition troops. Mazar-e-Sharif’s airport could also serve as a base for ...

GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that between 400 and 600 bodies had been found in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif after its capture by the Northern ...

Taliban fighters have taken control of Mazar-e Sharif, a major northern Afghan city that was one of the last in the country still under government control. The capture of the city, some 100 kilometers ...

Northern Alliance commander Ustad Attah from the front line today, said, ”The situation is very good for us and very bad for the Taliban,” “Each day they are becoming weaker … we can move very soon to ...

People crowded Kabul’s airport, preparing to flee the country as the Taliban are advancing on the Afghan capital. The U.S. Embassy has urged its citizens to leave the country while scaling back its ...

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-e-Sharif early on Monday, leaving at least 20 people dead and 320 injured, and prompting urgent rescue efforts across the affected areas. The US ...

Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he has received classified briefings that American citizens and Afghan allies are stuck at the Mazar-i-Sharif ...

Abdul Jabbar wants to die. Squatting beside his wife’s unconscious body, his 12 children and grandchildren huddled around him in a tiny, open tent of sticks and stitched sacks, the 65-year-old brushes ...

NPR's Mary Louise talks with a Special Immigration Visa applicant hoping to board a plane out of Afghanistan from the Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. And I'm Mary Louise Kelly in Washington, ...