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2 foreigners abducted by Kabul gunmen

Five gunmen, wearing Afghan military uniforms, have abducted an American and an Australian in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a security official said on Monday.

09 Aug 2016 6:33 AM

Foreign tourists wounded during a Taliban militant attack are treated at a hospital in Herat province. (Photo: AFP)

Afghanistan: Taliban ambush foreign tourists

Taliban militants attacked a group of 12 American and European tourists escorted by an Afghan army convoy in western Herat province on Thursday, leaving at least seven people wounded as the insurgents

05 Aug 2016 7:07 AM

Kabul hotel hit by Taliban truck bomb

A Taliban truck bomb exploded outside a protected hotel compound used by foreign service personnel in Kabul on Monday, ripping a deep crater in the ground and leaving a tangle of wreckage but causing

02 Aug 2016 6:38 AM

An Afghan man carries an empty casket to a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. — AP

2016: Worst year for civilians in Afghan

Casualities include 1,509 children; highest toll recorded in 6 months.

26 Jul 2016 7:43 AM

A relative of victims, killed in the twin suicide attack, grieves in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul mourns deadliest attack in 15 years

Kabul was plunged into mourning Sunday after its deadliest attack for 15 years killed 80 people and left hundreds maimed, reigniting concern that the Islamic State group was seeking to expand its foot

25 Jul 2016 7:23 AM

Afghan forces on new ISIS offensive

After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against Islamic State group loyalists, an assault that wil

25 Jul 2016 7:17 AM

An injured boy is carried to a hospital after two suicide bombings during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

ISIS claims bombings in Kabul, 80 killed

Twin explosions tore through a demonstration by members of Afghanistan’s mainly Shia Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack cla

24 Jul 2016 7:06 AM

Afghanistan: 14-year-old pregnant girl burnt to death by in-laws

A 14-year-old pregnant Afghan girl succumbed to her injuries in Kabul’s Isteqlal hospital days after she was set on fire by her in-laws.

19 Jul 2016 6:41 AM

Kabul: No plans to revive Taliban peace talks

Afghanistan has no plans to revive a peace process aimed at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table after a four-nation effort earlier this year produced no results, Afghan officials said on Thu

15 Jul 2016 7:19 AM

Ashraf has accused Pakistan of harbouring Taliban leaders, an accusation that Islamabad denies. (Photo: AP)

No plans to revive peace talks with Taliban, says official

The group has met five times since January, in Kabul and Pak. The meetings did not include Taliban, who have refused to join peace talks.

14 Jul 2016 1:01 PM

Journalists inside an auditorium of school attacked by Taliban, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo:AP)

Peshawar school massacre mastermind killed in US drone strike

Umar Mansour, along with another militant leader Qari Saifullah was killed in the air strike in Bandar region of Afghanistan.

12 Jul 2016 1:12 PM

New Taliban leader Maulawi Haibatullah Akhundzada. (Photo: AFP)

New Taliban leader tells US to end Afghan 'occupation' in first message

You will not be able to frustrate the determination and our Jihadic struggle, Akhundzada said.

02 Jul 2016 2:30 PM

Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Taliban attack on police convoy kills 37

Taliban militants launched a twin suicide attack on Thursday, targeting a convoy of buses carrying Afghan police cadets outside of the capital and killing 37 people, mostly policemen, and wounding 40,

01 Jul 2016 7:27 AM

Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim poet Rumi

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world’s most beloved poets A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.

01 Jul 2016 7:22 AM

Trainee police officers were returning from training center in Wardak province and were heading to the capital on leave

Taliban suicide bombers kill 27, wound 40 in attack on Afghan police

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

30 Jun 2016 3:57 PM

The ancient custom of bacha bazi, one of the country's worst human rights violations

Bacha Bazi: Kabul to investigate child sex slaves fuelling insider attacks

The claims -- strongly denied by the Taliban -- expose child abuse by both parties in Afghanistan's worsening conflict.

28 Jun 2016 11:09 AM

ISIS launches fresh attacks in Afghan

An Afghan National Army soldier fires an artillery piece during ongoing clashes between Afghan security forces and ISIS militants in Kot District, eastern Nangarhar province. (Photo: AFP)

27 Jun 2016 6:59 AM

‘Kabul risks new spiral in terror’

Afghanistan faces the risk of a new spiral in violence following a series of attacks on civilians in the last few months but on the battlefield, security forces have been holding their ground, the top

23 Jun 2016 3:44 AM

Afghan welcomes broader US Military role against Taliban

Afghanistan on Saturday hailed Washington’s decision to expand the US military’s authority to tackle a resurgent Taliban insurgency, saying the support will boost the capacity of struggling local forc

11 Jun 2016 11:57 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Herat, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

We’ll stand by Afghan, says Modi

Unfazed by terror attacks on its missions, India will continue to extend cooperation in war-torn Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted today after dedicating a Rs 1,700 crore dam in strat

05 Jun 2016 6:52 AM

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