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Intense fighting erupts in Kabul after rockets fired
Middle East
August 21, 2018
Intense fighting erupts in Kabul after rockets fired
Afghan security forces battled militants in Kabul’s old quarter Tuesday, with military helicopters firing above a mosque to quell…
At least 25 killed in Kabul suicide attack: officials
Middle East
August 15, 2018
At least 25 killed in Kabul suicide attack: officials
At least 25 people were killed when a suicide attacker struck an education centre in a minority Shiite area of…
Fight for Afghan city rages despite govt claim of upper hand
Middle East
August 12, 2018
Fight for Afghan city rages despite govt claim of upper hand
The fight for the embattled eastern Afghan city of Ghazni entered its third day as Taliban militants and security…
Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni, seize parts of city
Middle East
August 10, 2018
Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni, seize parts of city
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni city in central Afghanistan early on Friday, burning police checkpoints,…
‘Very positive signals’ after U.S., Taliban talks: sources
Middle East
July 30, 2018
‘Very positive signals’ after U.S., Taliban talks: sources
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) – A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss…
Afghan VP Dostum to return after more than a year in exile
Middle East
July 22, 2018
Afghan VP Dostum to return after more than a year in exile
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday, more than a year after fleeing…
Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul as Taliban end ceasefire
Middle East
June 18, 2018
Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul as Taliban end ceasefire
Dozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometers across war-battered Afghanistan, as the…
Suicide bomber targets gathering of Afghan clerics calling for peace
Middle East
June 4, 2018
Suicide bomber targets gathering of Afghan clerics calling for peace
A suicide bomber on Monday exploded a device near Muslim clerics who were leaving a giant tent in the…
Morning rush hour blasts kill 25 in Afghan capital
World
April 30, 2018
Morning rush hour blasts kill 25 in Afghan capital
Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed 25 people on Monday, including journalists who had arrived to report on…
Afghan girl spends life disguised as ‘son’ her parents wanted
Middle East
April 23, 2018
Afghan girl spends life disguised as ‘son’ her parents wanted
Sitara Wafadar yearns for long hair like other girls. Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for…