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Six dead, 50 children wounded in Taliban car bomb attack on Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 01:17 AM

At least 6 people were killed and dozens, including 50 children, were wounded Monday when the Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in Kabul, officials said -- the latest deadly attack in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a child. Read more »

Gun battle rages in Afghan capital after powerful blast injures 65

Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 02:57 PM

Afghan security forces were battling gunmen on Monday who had forced their way into a building in the capital, Kabul, after a bomb-laden truck exploded near a defense ministry compound during rush hour, injuring at least 65 people, authorities said.  Read more »

Loud explosion, gunfire rock downtown Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 08:40 AM

A loud explosion and follow-up gunfire were heard near the Afghan communication ministry in central Kabul on Saturday, officials said.   Read more »

EU backs ICC after US revokes prosecutor's visa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 11:56 PM

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU on Saturday declared its support for the International Criminal Court, voicing "serious concern" after the US revoked the chief prosecutor's visa over a possible investigation into American soldiers' actions in Afghanistan.   Read more »

US revokes ICC prosecutor's visa over Afghan probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 06:02 PM

THE HAGUE - The United States has revoked the visa for the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, her office said Friday, over a possible investigation of American soldiers' actions in Afghanistan. Read more »

Angelina Jolie pushes for women to be part of Afghan peace talks

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 05:12 AM

UNITED NATIONS - Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday. Read more »

Russia seeks to vindicate Afghan war, 30 years after pullout

Marina Lapenkova, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 11:47 AM

MOSCOW - Soviet authorities themselves condemned the USSR's bloody occupation of Afghanistan, but 30 years later some in Vladimir Putin's Russia are coming to see the operation in a more positive light. Read more »

US Senate rebukes Trump over Syria, Afghanistan pullouts

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 05 11:23 AM

The US Senate approved by a large majority Monday an amendment critical of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, in a sign of the deep discontent caused by the policies within his own Republican ranks. Read more »

Trump pushes withdrawal from 'endless' Afghanistan, Syria wars

Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 06:50 AM

Pushing back against Republican opposition, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his determination to pull US troops out of "endless wars" in Syria and Afghanistan, in an interview that aired Sunday. But he said they would stay in Iraq to watch Iran. Read more »

US confirms Taliban talks in Qatar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 06:43 AM

The United States confirmed Tuesday that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war despite a new major attack claimed by the insurgents. Read more »

Afghan talent show singer finds fame as Justin Trudeau's double

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 01:51 PM

KABUL - An Afghan talent show contestant's striking resemblance to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned him into an unlikely celebrity in the war-torn country -- and potentially given him the winning edge. Read more »

Militants storm government building in Afghan capital, take hostages

Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 12:40 AM

KABUL - Militants stormed a government building in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday, taking civilians hostage as they fought a gun battle against Afghan soldiers, officials said. Read more »

Trump to withdraw 'significant' troops from Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 06:00 PM

Reports suggested as many as half of the 14,000 troops in the war-torn country could be leaving. Read more »

US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Kabul: NATO

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 03 08:50 PM

One US soldier was killed and another wounded in an "apparent insider attack" in Kabul on Saturday, NATO said, in the latest such assault on international forces in Afghanistan. Read more »

Afghan 'torturer in chief' killed in Taliban attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 19 05:21 AM

General Abdul Raziq once boasted he had survived "countless" Taliban attempts to kill him. On Thursday the Afghan militant group finally succeeded when an assassin disguised as a governor's bodyguard shot him dead. Read more »

Taliban confirms meeting with US peace envoy, talks to end Afghan conflict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 10:34 PM

A Taliban delegation has met with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict in the first official confirmation of talks between the two sides. Read more »

Afghan 'mullah' faces stoning death over sex tapes scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 12:29 AM

A self-proclaimed mullah in Afghanistan, who allegedly filmed himself having sex with women, is on the run after the videos went viral on social media, prompting religious leaders to order his death by stoning.  Read more »

ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 08:09 PM

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.   Read more »

Fallen Fil-Am soldier’s heroism remembered

Lenn Almadin-Thornhill, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Aug 30 04:57 PM

The family of a Filipino-American soldier who died from injuries from an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan paid tribute to his heroism. Read more »

Multiple rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, clashes underway

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 02:39 PM

At least nine rockets hit near the diplomatic area in this Afghan capital early Tuesday, as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants in the city's old quarter. Read more »