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Truck bomb blast in Kabul compound kills at least four and wounds 44
At least four people were killed when a truck bomb detonated in the capital Kabul on Monday, according to a security official. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said that 44 others were wounded when the explosion took place near the Green Village compound in Kabul's ...
29 killed as gunmen storm Kabul government building amid U.S. withdrawal reports
Gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives stormed a government building in the Afghan capital Monday, killing 29 people, wounding more than 20 and terrorizing hundreds in a brazen, eight-hour long assault that ended with the death of the attackers, authorities said. The toll could ...
U.S. admits airstrike caused civilian casualties amid Taliban attacks in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 19 others, as the U.S. said an airstrike hours earlier in Helmand province that reportedly killed civilians was conducted by American ...
U.S. envoy hopes for peace deal with Taliban in 2019: reports
Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, hopes to cement a peace deal with Taliban insurgents by April, local media reported Sunday. Khalilzad, in Kabul to lead talks between the United States, the Taliban and the Afghan government, told reporters he hopes "a peace ...
At least seven killed in suicide attack on Kabul commemorations
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a convoy of gunmen commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest deadly ...
At least 20 killed, including two journalists, in twin blasts at Kabul wrestling club
At least 20 people have been killed including two Afghan journalists after twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday that left another 70 wounded, officials said, in the latest assault on the capital. An hour after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside ...
New U.S. general takes over command of NATO forces in Afghanistan, but peace still elusive
U.S. Army General Scott Miller assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, arriving as Washington faces growing questions over its strategy to force the Taliban into talks to end the 17-year conflict. Miller, former commander of the U.S. military's Joint Special Operations Command, ...
Islamic State takes credit as gunmen attack intelligence center in Kabul
Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training center for Afghanistan's intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, holding off security forces for hours before being killed. The incident comes at a time of high tension after a series of attacks across Afghanistan, including ...
Militants launch attack on midwife training center in Afghanistan city
A militant attack on a midwife training center in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded five, officials said, after the more than six-hour assault was brought to an end by security forces. At least 67 people, including students and teachers, ...
Islamic State takes credit as rush-hour suicide blast near Kabul ministry kills at least seven
An apparent suicide blast close to a government ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 15, officials said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State. The attack, which targeted civil servants leaving work in the ...
At least 15 killed as attackers set off multiple blasts, engage in firefight in Jalalabad
Afghan security forces battled for hours against a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday after a coordinated assault that killed at least 15 people and wounded 42, local officials said. A car bomb was detonated ...
Taliban take credit as coordinated attacks hit Kabul, claiming at least seven
Gunmen mounted coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, battling security forces for hours in the city's main commercial area after at least three large explosions sent plumes of smoke and dust into the sky. At least seven people were killed, including two ...
