Afghanistan

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

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

Afghanistan

Would-be assassin of Malala meets his end in Afghanistan

US drone strike kills Mullah Fazlullah, who was the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan.

15/06/2018

World

Abdullah: the ballot box, not bombs, will decide Afghanistan's future

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, says his country is making progress despite many setbacks

12/06/2018

Afghanistan

Afghan government welcomes Taliban ceasefire announcement

The ceasefire will run for three days over the Eid holiday that marks the end of Ramadan

10/06/2018

Afghanistan

Taliban announces three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan

Truce announcement comes after government said it would also halt its operations

09/06/2018

Afghanistan

Islamic State militants claim attack on Afghan Interior Ministry

At least one police officer died in the assault and five were wounded

30/05/2018

Afghanistan

Friend or foe? Young Afghans talk Taliban, US, war, and the future

What do young Afghans think about their country?

30/05/2018

Afghanistan

Car bomb and gun battle near interior ministry in Kabul

A car bomb exploded near Afghanistan's interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday and then gunmen exchanged fire with members of the security forces, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of militant attacks in the capital.

30/05/2018

Afghanistan

Our bloodshed worth less than that of the West, says ex-Afghan intelli

Euronews spoke to former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh who explained how his country is trapped between three clashing factions because of its geopolitical location

24/05/2018

Afghanistan

Forget drugs and booze, young Afghans risk their parents' wrath — by going to the gym

In conservative Afghan society, women are secondary to men, and female participation in sport — including at female-only fitness clubs — is frowned upon.

21/05/2018

Afghanistan

Eight people killed in latest blasts in Nangarhar

Dozens wounded after there were three back to back explosions at Ramadan night-time cricket match in Jalalabad

19/05/2018

Afghanistan

Around 15 people are killed after bomb blasts in Jalalabad

A gun battle continued for several hours with around a dozen attackers who ran into a government building with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades

13/05/2018

Afghanistan

Three suicide bombers target Kabul police stations

At least six people were injured in the blasts on Wednesday morning

09/05/2018