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World May 14, 2020

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and peace process

No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre of 24 people, including 16 women and two newborns.

World Sep 13, 2019

Taliban car bomb blast kills four Afghan special forces members in Kabul

A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan Special Forces base in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least four commandos, officials said, as violence continued to escalate following the collapse of peace talks between the United States and Taliban insurgents. The bomber blew up an explosives-laden minibus ...

World Sep 1, 2019

U.S., Taliban on 'threshold' of deal, says U.S. Afghan envoy Zalmay Khalilzad

The U.S. and the Taliban are on the brink of striking a deal after 18 years of war, Washington's top negotiator said Sunday, ahead of a visit to Kabul where he was to meet with Afghan officials. The apparent progress at the latest round of ...

Asia Pacific Aug 5, 2019

'Sticky bomb' kills at least two aboard Kabul TV bus; rogue cop slays seven in Kandahar

Two people were killed in a blast targeting workers for an Afghan television station Sunday, while elsewhere in the war-torn nation at least seven police officers died in an "insider attack" by Taliban loyalists, officials said. The deadly attacks come amid surging violence across Afghanistan ...

Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 26, 2019

Mike Pompeo visits Kabul, hoping for a peace deal before Sept. 1

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday to discuss ongoing peace talks with the Taliban and the security situation ahead of Afghan presidential polls in September. Pompeo stopped over on his way to ...

World May 9, 2019

Taliban attack on aid group in Kabul ends with four killed, dozens wounded

Afghan forces fought for hours against Taliban insurgents who killed at least four civilians and wounded dozens more when they stormed an aid organization in Kabul on Wednesday, security officials said. The assault began shortly before midday, when a car bomb exploded in the compound ...

World Apr 22, 2019

Islamic State claims responsibility for Afghan ministry attack that killed seven

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack at the communications ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed seven people, the militant group's Aamaq news agency said on Sunday. Saturday's attack began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives just outside the ministry building and ...

World Nov 18, 2018

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 ...

World Sep 2, 2018

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, ...

World Aug 17, 2018

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 ...

World Jul 16, 2018

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 ...