Tasnim Afghanistans army chief and defense minister resigned in the wake of a fatal terrorist attack on an Afghan army base in the northern province of Balkh that killed at least 140 soldiers on Friday. Afghan Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and the countrys National Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shaheem have resigned from their posts, Khaama ...

Press TV - More than 50 Afghans have been killed and injured in an attack by Taliban gunmen on a military compound in the northern province of Balkh, the US military says. "We're talking probably more than 50 casualties," Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for the US military's Central Command, said. "There is a mosque and a dining facility ...