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Suicide bomber kills, wounds scores in Afghanistan at funeral for policeman

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:08 PM

KABUL - A suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan killed and wounded at least 50 men on Tuesday in an attack on the funeral of a police commander attended by government officials and a member of parliament, officials said. Read more »

Gunmen attack Doctors Without Borders clinic in Kabul - interior ministry source

Reuters
Posted at May 12 03:07 PM

KABUL - Gunmen attacked a Doctors Without Borders medical clinic in the western part of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a Ministry of Interior source said on Tuesday. Read more »

6 killed in clashes at Afghanistan food aid event

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 01:03 AM

Two policemen and four other people were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday after a deadly clash at a public food donation in central Ghor province, officials said. Read more »

Suicide bombing in Kabul province kills 3, wounds 15 - ministry

Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 02:15 PM

KABUL - A suicide bombing in Kabul province not far from Afghanistan's capital killed three people and wounded 15 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior said. Read more »

Dozens test positive for coronavirus at Afghan president’s palace

Mujib Mashal and Fahim Abed, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 20 03:15 PM

At least 40 staff members in Afghanistan’s presidential palace have tested positive for COVID-19, Afghan officials said Sunday, forcing President Ashraf Ghani to isolate himself and manage the country’s response to the virus — amid a raging war — largely via video conference.  Read more »

Peace, but not at our cost: Afghan women fear Taliban return

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 05:25 PM

Across the country, women remain wary of the insurgents, desperate to see an end to the violence, but fearful of paying a heavy price. Read more »

US, Taliban sign historic deal on Afghanistan's future

Gregory Walton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 29 10:37 PM

The agreement is expected to lead to a dialogue between the Taliban and the Kabul government that, if successful, could ultimately see an end to the 18-year conflict. Read more »

More than 10,000 civilian casualties in Afghanistan war in 2019: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 05:18 PM

More than 10,000 civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan's war last year, the United Nations announced Saturday, as a historic partial truce kicked in across the country. Read more »

Multilingual robot waitress serves up fries in Afghanistan

Orooj Hakimi, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 05:58 PM

The robot speaks Dari and Pashto, as well as English, and her head is designed to appear as though she is wearing a hijab, the headscarf worn by most Muslim women in Afghanistan.   Read more »

US bombing of Afghanistan hits 10-year high

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 05:04 PM

In 2019 alone, the US dropped 7,423 separate munitions on targets in Afghanistan, where the US has been enmeshed in fighting several militant groups since it invaded the country following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Read more »

More than 130 dead as severe weather hits Pakistan, Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 04:03 AM

Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather has killed more than 130 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach people stranded by heavy snowfall.  Read more »

Afghan war caused 100,000 civilian casualties in last decade: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 11:03 PM

Earlier this year, the UN reported that an "unprecedented" number of civilians had been killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July 1 to September 30 this year, saying there had been 1,174 deaths and 3,139 injuries in that period. Read more »

Roadside bomb blast kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 09:46 PM

The explosion happened in the volatile district of Jaghatu in Ghazni province after the US and Taliban paused ongoing talks on Thursday. Read more »

Afghan police detain 2 men over killing of Magsaysay awardee doctor

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 09 10:57 PM

Afghan police said Monday they have detained two men in connection with the shooting death last week of a Japanese doctor who was a well-known aid worker in the central Asian country. Read more »

Japanese doctor made the Afghan deserts green, until deadly attack

Elaine Lies, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 04:59 PM

TOKYO - Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor and aid worker killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, was inspired to make the country's deserts green by the deaths of children in a clinic he ran in a drought-stricken rural area.   Read more »

Japanese doctor, 5 Afghans killed in Kabul attack

Noorullah Shirzada, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 05:05 PM

In 2003, Nakamura, a native of the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka, won the Philippines' Ramon Magsaysay Award for peace and international understanding -- often called Asia's Nobel Prize. Read more »

Trump visits troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban talks back on

Olivier Douliery and Ben Sheppard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 07:35 AM

President Donald Trump said Thursday the US had resumed talks with Taliban insurgents as he made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with troops. Read more »

At least 12, including children, killed in car bomb blast in Afghanistan

Emal Haidary, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 01:19 AM

A source at the interior ministry said the blast was detonated by a suicide bomber in the vehicle. Read more »

17 people killed in Tajikistan clash blamed on Islamic State jihadists

Akbar Borisov, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 06:37 PM

Seventeen people were killed in Tajikistan on Wednesday in an attack on a border post that officials blamed on Islamic State group jihadists who had crossed over from Afghanistan. Read more »

Taliban landmine kills 9 children in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 10:40 PM

A landmine explosion killed nine children in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, an official said, amid an increase in civilian casualties in the long-running and brutal war.  Read more »