The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned a bomb attack targeting a crowd outside a big mosque in the central part of the Afghan capital of Kabul. “The UN in Afghanistan condemns Sunday’s attack against people involved in an event at a religious site in Kabul. “At least eight people were […]
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Afghanistan president, Ashraf Ghani, has resurfaced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he has been received on “humanitarian grounds”. Recall that Ghani had fled Kabul, the country’s capital, last Sunday after Taliban fighters surrounded the city. In a Facebook post after his departure, Ghani said he believed “countless patriots would be martyred and the city […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed […]
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Gunmen shot dead Mina Mangal, a former television journalist and adviser to the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Saturday, underlining threats to women and drawing widespread condemnation. Mangal, who used to report for prominent TV station Ariana News, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorbike close to her home in eastern Kabul, police […]
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Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said. Others killed included a policeman and three of the attackers who were shot […]
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Not less than 50 people were killed in a suicide attack on a religious celebration in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest assaults to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks that has killed hundreds of people as militants step […]
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At least 10 people were killed and hundreds of homes destroyed in a remote area of northeastern Afghanistan after melting snow triggered a landslide, officials said Thursday. A mountain lake in Panjshir, a province known for its snowcapped peaks north of Kabul, overflowed and sent water and mud cascading over Peshghor village, Omar Mohammadi, spokesman for […]
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Authorities in Kabul say two explosions have hit the centre of the Afghan capital killing at least 21 people. Kabul chief of police Dawood Amin said the area hit by the first blast on Monday morning included foreign offices. Authorities said at least 21 people, including a journalist, were killed and 27 wounded in the […]
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The death toll in the ambulance bombing of a crowded area in Kabul, Afghanistan has increased to 95, with 158 people wounded. Officials gave the new figures later on Saturday. The blast, claimed by the Taliban, was one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. It was the the second […]
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At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said. It was the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in the […]
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