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Mayor of Utah city killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan
The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, authorities said. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" in Kabul, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Another U.S. service ...
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 ...
10 journalists killed in Afghanistan in 'deliberate targeting' of media
Condemnation poured in from across the world Tuesday after 10 journalists were among dozens killed in attacks in Afghanistan, in what the U.N. described as the "deliberate targeting" of the media. A double suicide blast in Kabul left 25 people dead including AFP photographer Shah ...
An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration center in the capital Kabul on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others, said officials from the Afghan interior and public health ministries. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro ...
Islamic State takes credit as suicide bomber kills dozens as Kabul marks Persian New Year
A suicide bomber on Wednesday killed dozens of people, many of them teenagers, after detonating a device among a crowd in Kabul who were celebrating the Persian New Year holiday, officials said. There were distressing scenes at the hospital opposite the blast site where grief-stricken ...
