Bomb Kills Nine Afghan Children, 10 Adults; Key District Falls in North
Kabul. A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a southern province, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for...
View ArticleTaliban Attack Afghan Parliament, Seize Second District in North
Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, shattering windows and forcing lawmakers to flee, as a second district in two days fell to the Islamist...
View ArticleIn Turf War With Afghan Taliban, Islamic State Loyalists Gain Ground
Surkh Dewal, Afghanistan. Fighters loyal to Islamic State have seized substantial territory in Afghanistan for the first time, witnesses and officials said, wresting areas in the east from rival...
View ArticleTaliban, Afghan Officials End Peace Talks Agreeing to Meet Again
Islamabad. The first officially acknowledged peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul ended with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Pakistan...
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Commentary: Why the West May Miss the Taliban’s Mullah Omar
Mullah Omar of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime is shown in this undated US National Counterterrorism Center image. (Reuters Photo/National Counterterrorism Center) Reports on Wednesday that reclusive...
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New Taliban Leader Facing Tension as Top Official Quits
This picture taken in Kandahar, Afghanistan, shows a calender bearing the image of the Afghan Taliban’s deceased leader Mullah Omar. The Taliban named Mullah Akhtar Mansour as their new leader last...
View ArticleCivilian Casualties Rise as Afghan War Intensifies in 2015
Kabul. Armed clashes were the leading cause of almost 5,000 civilian casualties recorded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2015, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as fighting intensified...
View ArticleTruck Bomb in Kabul Kills 15, Wounds Hundreds
Kabul. A truck bomb exploded near an army compound in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding hundreds, police and government officials said, in the first major attack in the Afghan...
View ArticleNATO Contractors Among 40 Killed in Kabul Bomb Blast
Kabul. More than 40 police cadets and civilians were killed and wounded in a suicide bomb attack late on Friday at a police academy in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry said in a statement on...
View ArticleCommentary: Afghan Attacks Show Country at a Crossroads
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ramped up security in Kabul following the most deadly wave of attacks, in years, on Friday and Saturday. The Taliban offensive, which killed more than 40 people,...
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