Explosions and gunfire have rocked the Afghan parliament in Kabul, forcing politicians to evacuate. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, who was watching parliamentary proceedings on TV in Kabul, said that the parliamentary speaker was at the podium when the video camera’s started to shake. “We heard two loud explosions and people[…]
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack on a guesthouse in the diplomatic enclave of the Afghan capital that ended after a stand-off with government forces. The interior ministry said the fighters had been armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and other weapons. All four attackers were killed[…]
Armed men have killed 13 passengers travelling on a bus towards southern Afghanistan, officials say, the latest attack to target civilians in the country’s conflict. Tuesday’s killings in Wardak province, which lies close to the capital Kabul, highlighted Afghanistan’s fragile security situation as President Ashraf Ghani holds talks in Washington.[…]
Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened highway during a midnight assault Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, authorities said. The attack happened in Wardak province’s Sayad Abad district, where Taliban fighters hold much territory and launch frequent attacks on security forces. However, no group immediately claimed responsibility[…]
Even in a country wracked by violence for decades, the killing of a senior Afghan Sufi religious leader and 10 other men stands out from the statistics: shot in the backs of their heads while bowed in prayer, in a ruthless and apparently well-planned operation. The attack Saturday night has[…]
After more than a decade of warfare, negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are set to begin, officials, diplomats and experts said as President Ashraf Ghani declared that peace is closer now than at any time since the war began following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the[…]
Afghan civilians are bearing the brunt of the 13-year-old war in Afghanistan, with casualties rising significantly due to increased ground fighting between the Taliban and government forces, the United Nations said in a new report on Wednesday. Civilian casualties due to conflict increased by 22 per cent in 2014, compared[…]
At least 22 officers were killed when a group of Taliban militants stormed a police compound Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. Provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish said four insurgents attacked the compound. “The first attacker blew himself up at[…]
The top recruiter for the Islamic State group in Afghanistan was killed by a drone strike Monday along with at least four other fighters, local officials said, marking the first such attack on the extremist group in a volatile country where it has a small but growing following. The deputy governor[…]
The top recruiter for the Islamic State group in Afghanistan was killed by a drone strike Monday along with at least four other rebels, local officials said, marking the first such attack on the group in a volatile country where it has a small but growing following. The deputy governor[…]
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