投稿者: Associated Press in Kabul
Marco Rubio welcomes release of Dennis Coyle, who was detained in January last year for violating unspecified lawsAfghanistan’s Taliban authorities have released the American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign min…
Bodyguard also killed at home of one of few female parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after Taliban takeoverA former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police have said.Mursal Nabi…
At least seven international NGOs have suspended aid, saying they cannot work without female staffThe acting head of the UN mission in Afghanistan met Taliban leaders on Monday in a bid to persuade them to withdraw their ban on all women working for ai…
Female anchors post pictures of themselves being ‘erased’ on orders of virtue and vice ministryAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet has said.The order came in…
Islamic State suspected of carrying out bombing outside mosque in Afghan capitalAt least five civilians have been killed in a bomb blast at the entrance to a Kabul mosque on Sunday, a Taliban official said, the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital si…
Violence increases amid stalled Taliban peace talks, with Isis claiming it was behind earlier journalist killingAn Afghan journalist and human rights activist has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan, the fifth journalist …
Provincial official says bomb rigged to rickshaw exploded in Taliban-controlled areaA bomb rigged to a rickshaw has killed at least 15 children and wounded 20 others in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial official said, as vi…
Kabul police investigate death of Yama Siawash after explosionA bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan’s Tolo TV has exploded, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police have said.The death of Yama Siawash i…
Afghan government declares day of mourning after incident in which attackers shot deadAt least 22 people were killed and 22 wounded after Islamic State-affiliated gunmen stormed Kabul University as it was hosting a book fair attended by Iran’s ambassad…
Explosion struck outside education centre in Shia neighbourhood in Afghan cityAt least 18 people have been killed and 57 wounded, including schoolchildren, in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in Kabul, the Afghan interior ministry said…
Attempt to save stalled Afghanistan peace process comes as most world leaders have curtailed travel due to coronavirus Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has arrived in Kabul on an urgent…
Shooter had argued with US forces before opening fire and then being killed, says Afghan officialTwo US soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province when an Afghan soldier in uniform ope…
Militant attack caused roof to collapse as worshippers met for Friday prayersSixty-two people have died after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan caused the roof to collapse on worshippers gathered for Friday prayers. The attack underscored…