Tag: Afghanistan
Multiple attacks kill 19 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms
Taliban insurgents killed at least 19 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining…
Briton among 6 dead as Kabul blast hits embassy vehicle
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, killing one Briton and…
50 dead in suicide blast at Afghan volleyball game
Around 50 people were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide blast ripped through crowds gathered to watch a…
Female Afghan MP survives suicide attack, 3 dead
A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked the vehicle convoy of a prominent female Afghan MP near the parliament in Kabul,…
New Afghan first lady backs French veil ban
Afghanistan’s cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France’s controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to “blinders” as…
Five Afghan gang rapists to be hanged
Five Afghan men are due to be hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women after a trial…
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
Ashraf Ghani, a one-time United States-based academic, was sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday, taking power…
Ghani named next Afghan president, signs power-sharing deal
Former finance minister Ashraf Ghani was declared Afghanistan’s next president on Sunday, hours after signing a power-sharing deal with his…
Taliban attack kills three, wounds 60, in Afghanistan
A Taliban attack on a government compound in Afghanistan on Thursday left three policemen dead and at least 60 people…
Taliban attack Afghan intelligence office
Taliban militants Saturday attacked an Afghan intelligence service office in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing at least three people…
Gunmen kill 15 people travelling in central Afghanistan
Suspected Taliban gunmen stopped two vehicles in central Afghanistan and shot dead 15 passengers at the side of the road,…
Afghanistan rejects Facebook ban as election tensions rise
The Afghan government on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban Facebook during an ongoing deadlock over the presidential election, despite…
Five US soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Afghanistan
A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent “friendly fire” accident during clashes with insurgents,…
Afghanistan frees US soldier held for 5 years
United States President Barack Obama said Saturday that an American soldier held for half a decade in Afghanistan has been…
Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the…