Afghanistan

Pakistan closes second major border crossing with Afghanistan

Feb 18, 2017 15:27

Pakistan has shut down a second major border crossing into Afghanistan, two days after a huge explosion killed scores of people in the southern province of Sindh.
About 17 Afghan soldiers killed in Daesh attack in Nangarhar

Feb 17, 2017 14:37

Seventeen Afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists on army security posts in eastern Afghanistan.
UAE ambassador to Afghanistan dies of injuries in bomb attack

Feb 16, 2017 05:07

The United Arab Emirates says its ambassador to Afghanistan has died of injuries he sustained in a last-month bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar.
"Iran ready to help Afghan farmers replace poppy cultivation"

Feb 14, 2017 10:56

Deputy Head of Iran's Anti-Drug Headquarters, Assadollah Hadinejad, declared his country's readiness to help Afghanistan replace its poppy cultivation with other agricultural crops.
HRW slams 'unlawful' deportation of Afghan refugees

Feb 13, 2017 12:35

An international human rights watchdog has slammed the Pakistani government for deporting Afghan refugees and economic migrants.
UN voices grave concerns over civilian deaths in Afghanistan

Feb 13, 2017 02:50

The United Nations has voiced “grave concern” after a UN probe determines that at least 18 civilians were killed in US airstrikes last week.
US airstrikes have killed 22 civilians in Afghanistan's Helmand: Official

Feb 13, 2017 02:41

Nearly two dozen civilians were killed in recent airstrikes by US forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province, an Afghan official says.
1,000s protest deportations of Afghans from Germany

Feb 12, 2017 11:53

Several thousand people have staged rallies across Germany to protest the deportation of Afghan asylum-seekers from the country.
Explosion kills at least 20 in Afghan capital near Supreme Court

Feb 07, 2017 17:16

At least 20 people have been killed in a terrorist attack when a person detonated an explosive-laden vest outside the Supreme Court building in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officials say.
Afghans struggle to save avalanche survivors

Feb 07, 2017 17:16

Afghan authorities have confirmed at least 119 deaths after avalanches buried entire villages in the north, east and central parts of the country. Meanwhile, civilian and government rescue workers are trying desperately to dig out possible survivors.