The Taliban removed the index fingers of 11 Afghans who voted in the presidential run-off election this weekend in north-western Afghanistan, say officials.
The Taliban has released a video of the controversial prisoner exchange, where Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to US forces after five years in captivity in Afghanistan.
The White House has mistakenly blown the cover of the top CIA officer in Afghanistan in an email to journalists.
At least 350 people have been killed in a landslide in Afghanistan’s remote north-east province of Badakhshan, with thousands more missing, according to the UN.
Two female journalists working for the Associated Press (AP) have been shot by a police officer in eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border.