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Prison raid mars relative calm in Afghanistan after ceasefire
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - At least 29 people have been killed in a raid on an Afghan prison claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Monday, as the country waited to see if a government ceasefire with the Taliban would rupture after its formal expiration.
Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: official
AFP, Published on 05/08/2018
» KABUL: A suicide bomber killed three foreign soldiers in an attack on a patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, NATO's mission in the country said.
Taliban kill dozens in attacks across north Afghanistan: officials
AFP, Published on 11/09/2018
» MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Taliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north, officials said Monday, as diplomatic efforts to end the 17-year war intensify.
Trump says Afghanistan peace talks with Taliban are 'dead'
AFP, Published on 10/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday said that US peace talks with the Taliban are over and announced that the US military has dramatically scaled up attacks on the insurgents in Afghanistan.
Trump says Afghanistan peace talks with Taliban are 'dead'
AFP, Published on 10/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday said that US peace talks with the Taliban are "dead" and that he is ramping the war back up after canceling secret talks with the Afghan insurgents at his weekend retreat.
Stunned residents return after IS losses in east Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 03/12/2019
» ACHIN (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan farmer Gulnar Malik had seen her share of hardships as war ravaged her country for decades -- but nothing prepared the mother of five for the arrival of the Islamic State group.
Decades on, Soviet bombs still killing people in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 15/12/2019
» BAMIYAN (AFGHANISTAN) - Gholam Mahaiuddin sighs softly as he thinks of his 14-year-old son, who was killed in the spring by a bomb dropped last century in the hills of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan.
Taliban claim attack that killed US soldier in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» KABUL: The Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for an attack on an American convoy that killed one US soldier and, according to the insurgents, wounded several more.
England urged to boycott Afghanistan match by British politicians
AFP, Published on 07/01/2025
» LONDON - A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to boycott next month's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan as a stand against the Taliban regime's assault on women's rights.
US citizen George Glezmann released from detention in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» KABUL - Taliban authorities on Thursday freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered by Qatar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced.