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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 15, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 11:56 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taliban bans Valentine's Day celebrations

Wakil, Kohsar, AFP
Posted at Feb 15 05:08 PM

Afghan vendors selling roses wait for customers along the flower street on the occasion of Valentine's Day in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on Tuesday Read more »

Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban

Aysha Safi and Estelle Emonet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 22 07:11 AM

Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights. Read more »

Islamic State claims attack on Pakistani envoy in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 07:43 AM

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an "assassination attempt." Read more »

Kabul classroom bombing death toll rises to 35

Jay Deshmukh and Estelle Emonet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 06:15 PM

The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday. Read more »

Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul suicide attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 08:37 PM

A suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, the foreign ministry in Moscow said. Read more »

At least 3 killed in Afghanistan mosque blast: hospital

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 02:13 PM

A blast ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in Kabul Wednesday night, killing at least 3 people and wounding 2 dozen others. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 16, 2022

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Posted at Aug 16 11:50 PM

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Taliban celebration

Wakil Kohsar, AFP
Posted at Aug 16 06:53 PM

Taliban fighters mark the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following the pull-out of foreign troops led by the United States. Read more »

US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike

Sebastian Smith and Sarah Titterton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 10:15 AM

The US has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks Read more »

Islamic State group claims attack on Kabul mosque

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 07:53 AM

The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in the Afghan capital that killed at least 10 worshippers. Read more »

At least 10 killed as bomb rips through Kabul mosque

Abdullah Hasrat and Qubad Wali, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 05:44 PM

A bomb blast in the Afghan capital ripped through a Sunni mosque and killed at least 10 worshippers on Friday, interior ministry officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have rocked the country during the fasting month of Ramadan. Read more »

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

Rouba El Husseini, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 12:17 PM

The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed 'one kidney village'. Read more »

US offers $10-M reward to help track IS leader in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 12:54 PM

The US offered a $10-million reward for information leading to the 'identification or location' of the leader of the Afghanistan regional chapter of the Islamic State group. Read more »

Pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand offered refuge by Taliban

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 31 09:43 AM

A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. Read more »

Afghan baby lost in US airlift chaos reunited with family

Jay Deshmukh and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 08:10 AM

A baby lost during the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport has been reunited with his relatives after five months. Read more »

WATCH: 3,000 liters of liquor dumped in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 06:04 AM

A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 liters of liquor into a canal in Kabul as the Taliban cracked down on the sale of alcohol. Read more »

Afghan girls still barred from school

James Edgar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 04:00 PM

Like most secondary school girls in the country, Amena is banned from lessons altogether after the Taliban's hardline government excluded them from returning to class one month ago. Read more »

Blast in Kabul kills several civilians, Taliban says

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 10:26 PM

Several civilians were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Sunday, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter. Read more »

Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her

James Edgar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 06:29 PM

An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, under Taliban rule. Read more »