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Child casualties of Afghan war hit highest level since 2009, UN report shows
The number of children killed or wounded in Afghanistan’s conflict surged in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period last year, the United...
70 feared dead as two buses engulfed in flames after collision with tanker
Two buses and a fuel tanker collided Sunday on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing up to 70 people. Dozens more people were wounded in the accident,...
Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, US seek roadmap to peace
A key gathering opened on Monday in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad in which four major countries — Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United...
Gunmen kill 13 civilians in Afghanistan as donors meet in Kabul
At least 13 Afghan civilians were killed on Saturday in a previously peaceful region in the country’s north as President Ashraf Ghani sought to assure...
Brazen attack: Taliban gunmen strike Afghan parliament
A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, shattering windows and forcing lawmakers to flee, as a second district...
18 wounded in Taliban attack Afghan parliament with bomb, gunfire
A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, shattering windows and forcing lawmakers to flee, as a second district...
Afghan official: Taliban kill 20 police officers in attack
Taliban fighters overran multiple checkpoints in a nighttime raid in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province, killing at least 20 police...
Judge jails 11 Afghan police over mob killing of woman in Kabul
An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul who was accused of burning...
Afghan judge sentences four to death for mob killing of woman
An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran in Kabul, a case that sparked...
49 Afghan men on trial for brutal mob killing of young woman
The trial of 49 suspects, including 19 police officers, on charges relating to the brutal mob killing of an Afghan woman began Saturday in Kabul.
Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalised after meal
Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalised on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day after five...
Afghan and U.S. leaders lay groundwork for postwar relations
The United States and Afghanistan are turning the page on years of distrust, mapping out a new vision for future ties as Washington vowed to fund Afghan...
U.S., Afghan leaders lay groundwork for postwar relations
The United States and Afghanistan turned the page on years of distrust, mapping out a new vision for future ties as Washington vowed to fund Afghan forces...
Death toll from Afghan avalanches ‘exceeds 200’ as aid workers driven back
The death toll from a series of avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall in Afghanistan rose above 200 on Thursday, officials said. The bulk of the deaths...
Avalanches triggered by heavy snow kill at least 124 in Afghanistan
Avalanches triggered by heavy snow have killed more than 124 people in mountainous areas of Afghanistan and the death toll is expected to rise, officials...
U.S. ‘rethinking’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, says new defence chief
Washington is reviewing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2016 to ensure that “progress sticks” after more than a decade of...
U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ‘under review’, says new defence chief
Washington is reviewing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2016 to ensure that “progress sticks” after more than a decade of...
'Lasting' success: New defense chief lands in Afghanistan with a mission
New Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday on his first trip since taking over the job this week, saying he wanted to talk to...
Afghan cricket team prepares for its first World Cup
Against the backdrop of war and hardship, a severe lack of facilities and funds, cricket in Afghanistan has grown at a phenomenal pace in a dozen years. The...
As Nato war ends, Afghanistan faces economic time bomb
The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan’s long-term viability, and...
NATO marks end of Afghan combat mission amid fears of fresh insurgency
NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on Sunday, holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the...
Dozens killed in Afghanistan fighting as foreign troops head home
The Afghan Taliban killed a Supreme Court official, a dozen mine clearers and several national and foreign soldiers but also suffered heavy losses from...
Suicide attack kills 45 at volleyball tournament in east Afghanistan
Forty-five people were killed and at least 50 others wounded when a suicide blast ripped through crowds gathered to watch a volleyball tournament in eastern...
Afghanistan’s version of Disneyland makes war-torn Kabul happy
For the thousands of families who have visited Kabul’s City Park, the first amusement park in Afghanistan, since it opened during a national religious...
Taliban bombs kill at least 10 police in Afghanistan
Two Taliban bombs killed at least 10 policemen in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
Afghanistan hangs five men over gang rape
Afghanistan hanged five men on Wednesday over a gang rape that had shocked the country, officials said, despite requests from human rights groups for new...
Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. troops past 2014
Ashraf Ghani’s government will sign a long-delayed deal on Tuesday to allow some U.S.
Missing Afghan soldiers found near Canadian border
Three Afghanistan National Army soldiers who went missing Saturday night from a Regional Cooperation training exercise were found Monday trying to cross...
Afghanistan’s presidential rivals sign deal for power-sharing government
Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates signed a deal on Sunday to share power after months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilized...
Afghan presidential rivals at last reach unity deal after disputed vote
The rival candidates in Afghanistan’s messy election for a new president finally struck a power-sharing deal on Saturday, aides said, after more...
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