KABUL, Afghanistan — Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.Each balloon contains a written message of peace from volunteers around the world, said Colombian-American artist Yazmany Arboleda, who organized the ...

KABUL — A Friday night blast during prayers in a mosque killed 12 people, eight of them Taliban insurgents, in Afghanistan, officials said. The insurgents placed explosives in a corner of the mosque before joining worshipers in the Andar district of Ghazni province, officials said. Read full article >>    

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.

Mosque blast kills 12 in eastern Afghanistan The Ghazni explosion was on the same day as Taliban fighters supported by a suicide car bomb attacked a compound for international aid workers in the capital.

Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:21 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound ...