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Eight killed as 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits AfghanistanA 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan and Pakistan late Friday. At least eight people died in Afghanistan when a house collapsed. T...- Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33: TalibanNo one immediately claimed responsibility, but Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Friday claimed a series of bombings that happened a...
- Blast at Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar kills dozensNematullah Wafa, a former member of the provincial council, said the blast occurred at the Imam Bargah mosque and caused heavy casualties b...
- India condemns terrorist attack on mosque in Afghan city of Kunduz, reiterates importance of combating terrorism in AfghanistanAccording to reports, a suicide bomber carried out the attack when worshippers gathered at the mosque for Friday prayers, killing more than...
- A week into Taliban rule, one city’s glimpse of what the future may hold“I said that our jihad is not with the municipality; our jihad is against the occupiers and those who defend the occupiers,” Elias told The...
- Nearly four lakh people newly displaced in Afghanistan by conflict since start of year: United NationsThe US has already pulled back most of its forces from Afghanistan and is looking to complete the drawdown by August 31, ending nearly two-...
- 3 more provincial capitals fall to Taliban: Afghan officialsThe fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the...
- Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
- Fighting rages in Afghan south after Taliban's weekend blitzThe insurgents have for weeks been trying to take Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- both with Pashtun majorities from where the Taliban draw thei...
- Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
- Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
- Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
- Fear and misery in an Afghanistan city where the Taliban stalks the streetsThe Taliban are pressing in on all sides of Kunduz, a provincial capital of roughly 374,000 in Afghanistan's north, as the Afghan governmen...
- Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gainsFighting around Imam Sahib district began late Sunday and by midday Monday the Taliban had overrun the district headquarters and were in co...
- Gunfights after resurgent Taliban threaten new Afghan cityAfghan forces repelled the brazen assault yesterday, but it rang security alarm bells as the largely rural insurgency threatens large citie...
- Suicide attack targets foreign forces convoy in KabulNo group has claimed responsibility for the powerful blast, but it comes just days after the Taliban overran northern Kunduz city.
- Pakistan PM says he wants to revive Afghan-Taliban talksPakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his government is trying to revive stalled peace talks between the representatives of Afghan gov...
- Afghan president Ashraf Ghani appoints investigators for Kunduz airstrikeThe team would be led by the former head of the national intelligence agency Amrullah Saleh, he said, and would report to the president.
- Obama expresses deepest condolences over Kunduz attackThe Department of Defense has launched a full investigation, Obama said, adding that he will await the results of that inquiry before makin...
- Pakistan must dismantle terror sanctuaries: Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah AbdullahPakistan must keep its promise to crackdown on insurgents operating out of terror sanctuaries in the country, the Afghan Chief Executive ha...
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