As many as 94 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in the strike on Thursday evening.
15 Apr 2017 3:00 PM
The 9.8-tonne guided bomb, the largest non-nuclear weapon in America's arsenal.
14 Apr 2017 12:35 PM
Mullah Salah was among 4 key ISIS leaders and 44 insurgents killed during the operations, the statement added.
13 Apr 2017 4:34 PM
Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said 3 others were wounded in Wednesday's blast in central Kabul.
12 Apr 2017 8:18 PM
Police spokesman Mafuz Akbari says the deaths took place on Monday in a remote district controlled by the Taliban in the northern Kunduz.
11 Apr 2017 6:00 PM
The announcement came days after the Pentagon said it would deploy some 300 US Marines to the southern province of Helmand.
08 Apr 2017 5:54 PM
This year’s edition stood out after 18-year-old singer Zulala Hashimi from the east of the country — reached the final for the first time.
23 Mar 2017 2:36 AM
Hayatullah Hayat, the provincial governor in Helmand, says that seven other members were wounded in the attack.
21 Mar 2017 2:17 PM
Meanwhile 10 other insurgents were killed in separate airstrike in neighbouring Paktia province.
19 Mar 2017 9:01 PM
Kabul's movie halls are popular with raucous male audiences who clap and whistle at screens wreathed in clouds cigarette smoke.
16 Mar 2017 9:17 AM
In a separate incident in Faryab province, a local security forces commander was killed when insurgents attacked a police checkpoint.
05 Mar 2017 4:28 PM
The interior ministry spokesman responded by saying the Taliban should stop planting bombs instead.
26 Feb 2017 6:01 PM
The mob attacked and took the couple from the police station, where they were being held for ‘immoral acts.’
12 Feb 2017 8:43 PM
While no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, Taliban insurgents have attacked the top court in the past.
07 Feb 2017 6:52 PM
Afghanistan bans children under 14 from working and has ratified international conventions against child labor.
03 Feb 2017 12:52 PM
Mixing boxing and blade control, sabres and daggers, wushu can be a choreographed exhibition of acrobatics or a full-contact sport.
02 Feb 2017 12:14 PM
The victim, who is undergoing a treatment, is seeking her husband's arrest.
02 Feb 2017 9:46 AM
Marriage is often the only outlet for pent-up sexual desires, as dating or any social co-mingling of the sexes is frowned upon.
27 Jan 2017 6:09 AM
The target of the blasts was probably an area that includes government and lawmakers' offices, spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.
10 Jan 2017 7:17 PM
Rahmani has requested asylum in the US after allegedly receiving death threats from hardline insurgents.
31 Dec 2016 1:52 AM