Afghan

Two dead in attack on Afghan midwife training centre: police

KABUL: An hours-long militant attack on a midwife training centre in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday… Read More

Blast hits Kabul airport on return of exiled Afghan vice president

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suspected suicide bomb attack at Kabul… Read More

Afghan siblings killed by blast as they took out trash

Shah Mahmood's children took it in turns to dump the family's trash near their Kabul… Read More

Pakistani, Afghan migrants lead cricket charge in Sweden

Cricket is booming in the Sweden thanks to Afghan and Pakistani migrants who've found a… Read More

After Afghan ceasefire gamble, prospects rise for US-Taliban talks

KABUL/WASHINGTON: Prospects have risen for negotiations between the Taliban and the United States after Afghan… Read More

Afghan shoppers go online to avoid bombs, harassment

Shoppers in the Afghan capital are going online for everything from fashion to furniture to… Read More

Nearly half of Afghan children out of school: UN

Nearly half of Afghanistan's children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and… Read More

US wasted billions in failed Afghan stabilization efforts: official

KABUL: The United States wasted billions of dollars trying to stabilize fragile parts of Afghanistan… Read More

Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched new electronic ID cards on Thursday and faced immediate… Read More

Suicide attack on Kabul voter registration centre kills 57

KABUL: A suicide bomber killed at least 57 people including women and children and wounded… Read More

Busy bees turn Afghan schoolgirl into an entrepreneur

MARMUL DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN: In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for… Read More

Turkey to deport nearly 600 Afghan migrants: interior ministry

ANKARA: Turkish authorities will deport close to 600 illegal Afghan migrants in eastern Turkey back… Read More

Civilian casualties in Afghan airstrike on madrassa

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: An Afghan airstrike on a religious school on Monday caused multiple casualties, including… Read More

CM Murad says Afghan war tore apart fabric of plural society in Karachi

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday said the Afghan war tore… Read More

Afghan mum cradling baby during university exam goes viral

KABUL: Afghan farmer Jahantab Ahmadi sits on the ground, her baby resting in her lap,… Read More

Car bomb rips through crowd at Afghan wrestling match

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: A car bomb killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more… Read More

Rashid Khan insists that Afghan World Cup hopes still alive

HARARE: Rashid Khan insisted that "anything can happen" and that Afghanistan are still holding hopes… Read More

Taliban infiltrator kills 16 Afghan government militiamen

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: A Taliban infiltrator killed 16 members of a pro-government militia force in… Read More

U.S. probes video apparently showing shooting of Afghan civilian

KABUL: U.S. military authorities are investigating a video widely circulated on Afghan social media that… Read More

US ‘launches airstrike’ after apparent insider attack

KABUL: US Forces carried out an airstrike on an Afghan government militia after an apparent… Read More