Local officials say hundreds of Taliban fighters have launched coordinated attacks on government buildings and security checkpoints in the Bala Buluk district in Afghanistan's western Farah Province.

Afghan and NATO warplanes have bombed Taliban positions after insurgents attacked Farah city, the capital of Farah Province in western Afghanistan, close to the Iranian border, Afghan officials say.

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Afghan government forces have pushed back the Taliban from Farah city, the capital of the western Farah Province, close to the Iranian border, an Afghan official says. More than 300 Taliban fighters ...

The Afghan government has closed hundreds of schools in the western province of Farah, the scene of a major Taliban offensive this week. A total of 411 educational facilities, including 379 primary ...