Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Death toll mounts in ISIL-claimed Afghan hospital attack

At least 49 people are confirmed dead and dozens are wounded following a gun and bomb attack on a military hospital in Kabul.

09/03/2017

Afghanistan

Patients, doctors and nurses among dozens killed in Kabul hospital attack

Gunmen dressed as doctors have attacked a military hospital in an area close to the US embassy in Kabul. They are fighting with security forces inside the building in the Afghan capital.

08/03/2017

Afghanistan

Taliban claims multiple deadly blasts in Kabul

Taliban militants claim to have targeted multiple areas in the Afghan capital, killing at least 16 people.

01/03/2017

Afghanistan

Afghanistan faces new ISIL threat as western allies grapple with problems elsewhere

The Afghan government finds its former Taliban enemies may be their biggest ally against the ISIL threat, and Iran and Russia agree.

16/02/2017

Afghanistan

Top US general in Afghanistan demands more troops for Afghanistan

Top US military man in Afghanistan calls for more troops for in country

09/02/2017

Afghanistan

Red Cross halts Afghan operations after six staff die in suspected ISIL attack

The Red Cross has put its aid activities across Afghanistan “on hold” after at least six of its staff were killed in a suspected ISIL attack.

08/02/2017

Afghanistan

Suicide bomb 'kills 20' outside Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul

At least 20 people have been killed and almost double that number injured by a bomb outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital Kabul.

07/02/2017

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban 'engages in rescue efforts' after deadly snowfall

The Taliban militant group has announced it is engaging in rescue efforts in Afghanistan after heavy snowfall caused over 80 deaths in 48 hours.

05/02/2017

Afghanistan

Dozens killed in suicide attacks across Afghanistan

Dozens of people have been killed in Afghanistan in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in recent weeks.

11/01/2017

Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban claims deadly twin blasts in Kabul

The Afghan Taliban claims responsibility for deadly twin blasts in Kabul, which officials believe targeted MPs.

10/01/2017

Afghanistan

Afghan MP survives bomb attack in Kabul

A second attack in a week on a member of the Afghan parliament misses its target as Fakuri Biheshti survives bomb blast in Kabul.

28/12/2016

Afghanistan

Asylum request in US by first female Afghan fighter pilot causes stir

Niloofar Rahmani was supposed to return to Kabul over the weekend after a much-publicised stint of 15 months' training with the US Air Force

27/12/2016

Afghanistan

'Top Taliban commander killed' in Afghanistan - interior ministry

A senior Taliban commander Mullah Firoz Jahadi has been killed during an anti-terror operation, according to the Afghan interior ministry.

26/12/2016

Afghanistan

Five women airport workers gunned down in Afghanistan

A spokesman for the governor of Kandahar says the women were in charge of searching female travellers at Kandahar airport.

17/12/2016

Afghanistan

First group of Afghans deported from Germany under new deal

Nearly 40 Afghan men have arrived in Kabul on a flight from Frankfurt after being deported from Germany.

15/12/2016

Afghanistan

Afghan 'plastic bag Messi' gets to join his idol on the pitch

13/12/2016

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Freestyling Afghans

A group of young Afghan men and women gather on a hill outside Kabul to practice a variety of freestyle cycling tricks they have learnt from online videos via YouTube, Facebook and other social…

08/12/2016

Afghanistan

At least 30 killed and dozens injured in Kabul mosque attack

ISIL claims responsibility for a suicide bomb attack in a mosque in Kabul in which scores are killed and dozens more are injured.

21/11/2016

Afghanistan

Many dead and wounded in Kabul attack

A suicide bomber reportedly detonated his device inside the Baqer-ul-uloom mosque in the area of Darul Aman.

21/11/2016

Afghanistan

At least four dead after suicide bomber strikes in Kabul

At least four people are reported dead in the Afghan capital Kabul, after a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a vehicle carrying national security…

16/11/2016

Afghanistan

Taliban launch fatal bomb attack on Bagram air base

Four dead in Taliban attack on Bagram air base

12/11/2016

Afghanistan

Taliban admits suicide blast at German consulate in Afghanistan

The Taliban says it carried out a suicide bomb attack on the German consulate in Afghanistan.

11/11/2016

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Several killed in German consulate attack

Several people are reported dead and dozens wounded after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the wall of a German consulate in Afghanistan.

10/11/2016

Afghanistan

Video: Training Afghanistan's women soldiers

Women in Kabul's military training academy are proud to serve and protect their country, despite opposition and threats

06/11/2016

Afghanistan

Dozens of civilians die in airstrike called to protect US and Afghan troops

At least 30 civilians have been killed, many of them children, in Northern Afghanistan after airstrikes were called in to protect US and Afghan troops fighting the…

03/11/2016

Afghanistan

Green-eyed 'Afghan girl' in court on fake ID card charge

The famous green-eyed ‘Afghan girl’ has appeared in court in Peshawar, accused of having a fake Pakistani identity card.

28/10/2016