Afghanistan

Afghan presidential elections campaign kicks off

Jul 28, 2019 12:34

Afghanistan is getting ready to hold the fourth presidential elections since the ouster of the Taliban back in 2001.
Taliban: No direct talks with government as long as foreign troops do not leave Afghanistan

Jul 28, 2019 06:22

The Taliban have announced that they will not hold direct talks with the Afghan government and rejected a statement from a senior minister about plans to hold such a meeting in the next two weeks.
Three bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens in Afghan capital

Jul 25, 2019 06:14

Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, with one hitting a bus carrying government employees, killing a total of at least 12 people, officials said.
Killing ‘10 million people’ would win Trump Afghan war ‘in a week’

Jul 23, 2019 09:30

US President Donald Trump claims he could “win” the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” suggesting it involves claiming the lives of “10 million people.”
Afghanistan wants explanation after Trump’s ‘wipe out’ rant

Jul 23, 2019 09:20

The Afghan government has demanded an explanation from the United States following an assertion by US President Donald Trump who suggested that the US could end the long war in Afghanistan by effectively nuking it.
Trump says ‘could win' Afghan war 'in a week’

Jul 23, 2019 02:22

US President Donald Trump claims he could “win” the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” suggesting it involves claiming the lives of “10 million people.”
Eight killed in bomb blast outside Kabul University

Jul 19, 2019 11:20

At least eight people have been killed and 33 others injured in a bomb blast near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital.
Dozen killed in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ in Kandahar

Jul 18, 2019 13:50

At least a dozen people have been killed and about 90 others wounded when Taliban militants attacked police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar.
About 18 Afghan soldiers killed during raid on Taliban positions

Jul 17, 2019 12:31

Eighteen Afghan soldiers have been killed during clashes with Taliban militants that erupted after the troops conducted a night raid on their hideouts to capture a top leader of the militant group, government officials say.
Afghan Taliban force Swedish group to close some medical centers

Jul 17, 2019 08:00

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have forced a foreign charity to close more than half of its health centers in a central province.