Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Family’s fears for ‘little Messi’, 7, after Taliban death threat

You might remember Murtaza Ahmadi or "little Messi" — the seven-year-old Afghan shot to fame when a photo of him wearing a football shirt made of a blue-and-white-striped plastic bag was widely shared online.

06/12/2018

Afghanistan

Polio 'still a public health emergency'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that polio remains a worldwide public health emergency after cases nearly doubled in Afghanistan over the past year.

30/11/2018

Afghanistan

Kabul: Taliban attack on British security compound kills 10

Taliban gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a British security compound in Kabul, killing at least 10 people and injuring 19.

29/11/2018

Afghanistan

Three US service members killed in Afghanistan

Three US service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated Tuesday near Ghazni city, Afghanistan, Resolute Support said in a statement.

27/11/2018

Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills at least 50 killed in Kabul — Afghan officials

A suicide bomber has targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in Kabul, killing more than 50 people, Reuters reported, citing government officials.

20/11/2018

Afghanistan

Afghans defy Taliban threats and vote in parliamentary elections

In Baghlan province men and women came out in numbers to vote and created human chains around six polling stations to prevent the entry of suicide bombers.

20/10/2018

Afghanistan

Afghans vote in parliamentary elections gripped by insecurity

Taliban militants have told people not to take part in what they consider a foreign-imposed process and warning election centres may be attacked.

20/10/2018

Afghanistan

Afghans go to the polls in parliamentary elections

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has urged all Afghans to vote in parliamentary elections, amid concerns that violence will keep voters away from polling stations.

20/10/2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan conflict could be more deadly than Syria this year

The total number of deaths in Afghanistan's conflict was listed at 19,694 in 2017, according to figures.

14/09/2018

Afghanistan

Taliban says leader of feared Haqqani network has died

Jalaluddin Haqqani founded the Haqqani network, one of the most powerful groups in the Afghan insurgency, in the 1970s.

04/09/2018

Afghanistan

Multiple rockets hit Kabul diplomatic area, clashes ongoing

Multiple rockets hit near the diplomatic area in the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday, as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants in the city's old quarter.

21/08/2018

Afghanistan

Taliban promises release of ‘hundreds of prisoners’ for Eid

Islamic insurgents in Afghanistan have promised to release “hundreds of prisoners” after President Ashraf Ghani announced a long-term ceasefire would take place from Monday.

19/08/2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: A ceasefire starts Monday for Eid al-Adha

Taliban say they'll release hundreds of prisoners

19/08/2018

Afghanistan

Bad week in Kabul

Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul on Thursday just hours after at least thirty people died in a suicide bombing at an educational centre in the city

16/08/2018

Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills 34 people at an education centre in Kabul

The attack was followed by another on an intelligence service in the capital.

16/08/2018

Afghanistan

Afghan forces fight to drive Taliban out of Ghazni

Afghan forces fight to drive Taliban out of Ghazni

13/08/2018

Afghanistan

Taliban kill three Czech Nato forces in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed three NATO service members on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, and Taliban militants claimed responsibility.

05/08/2018

Afghanistan

Hostages taken as gunmen storm government building in eastern Afghanistan

Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages.

31/07/2018

Afghanistan

Explosions rock Afghan city of Jalalabad

Dormitory for midwives evacuated

28/07/2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 40 years of instability, is there hope for peace?

Afghanistan: 40 years of instability, is there hope for peace?

25/07/2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: fighting terrorism through education

Can terrorism be defeated if illiteracy were eradicated in Afghanistan

23/07/2018

Afghanistan

Afghan vice president survives suspected suicide bomb attack

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suspected suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home from exile in Turkey on Sunday

22/07/2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Education is the key to the future of the country

The Minister of Education, Mirwais Balkhi visits a school hit by an explosion in January in Kabul as President Ghani may ask the Taliban for a ceasefire during next months Eid holiday on 22 August

22/07/2018

Afghanistan

Exclusive: The school the suicide bombers couldn’t shut

Euronews' correspondent Masoud Imani Kalesar visited Kabul in the wake of a deadly ambulance blast which killed dozens, and witnessed the violence - and Afghans' defiance - first hand.

29/06/2018

Afghanistan

Afghan cameraman learns of nephew's death in suicide attack

"Last year he got married. This year his wife fell pregnant. He was the only son in the family: Him, his mother and his wife."

29/06/2018

Afghanistan

Taliban angry at ceasefire selfies in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents posed for photos and shared hugs with their opponents during the three-day ceasefire.

18/06/2018