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 ...
A large explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital near the U.S. Embassy just minutes into Wednesday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States. A plume of smoke rose over Kabul just after midnight and sirens could be heard. Inside the embassy, employees heard this ...
A close look at the consequences of Trump's canceled secret meeting with Taliban and Afghan leaders
With a series of tweets, U.S. President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America's longest war. He has "called off" the talks and asserted that a planned secret meeting between him and Taliban leaders at Camp David, set for ...
Taliban blast kills U.S. and NATO soldiers and several civilians in Kabul
A Taliban car bomb exploded and killed U.S. and Romanian service members and 10 civilians in a busy diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Thursday, the second major attack this week as the Afghan government warned that a U.S.-Taliban deal on ...
A large explosion rocked the Afghan capital Monday night, targeting an area home to several international organizations and guesthouses, officials said. The blast came just hours after a U.S. envoy briefed the Afghan government on plans for the first 5,000 U.S. troops to leave ...
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 ...
'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 ...
At least six dead, 50 children wounded in Taliban car bomb attack on Kabul
At least six people were killed and dozens, including 50 children, wounded Monday when the Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in Kabul, officials said — the latest deadly attack in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a child. Save ...
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 ...
Islamic State takes credit as Kabul blast targets government bus, kills at least four
At least four people were killed Monday when a bomb tore through a bus in Kabul, an official said, marking the second day straight that attackers have targeted a bus. The vehicle was taking workers home from a government watchdog agency ahead of the Eid ...
Refugee Afghan entrepreneurs building successful businesses in Turkey
When Afghan businessman Haji Yakup Burhan fled the violence of his home country 30 years ago, he brought with him his family — and all his money. He headed to Saudi Arabia, where he opened a restaurant but, as refugees, his children had difficulty getting ...
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 ...
