World Oct 11 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits part of western Afghanistan where an earlier quake killed over 2,000 people The aid group Doctors Without Borders said the Herat regional hospital received 117 injured from Wednesday's temblor. By Ebrahim Noroozi, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press
World Oct 09 Senior Taliban officials visit province struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people A senior Taliban delegation is visiting western Afghanistan's Herat province in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people and flattened entire villages. By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press
World Aug 12 Taliban take Afghanistan’s third-largest city in onslaught The latest advance further squeezed the country's embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. The seizure of Herat on Thursday marks the biggest prize yet for the Taliban. By Tameem Akhgar, Rahim Faiez, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press