Recent News Headlines : Kabul - Afghanistan

'YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SMOKE IN THE PICTURES'


I had been waiting with other journalists to cover an earlier blast. It was a normal scene... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 14

TWIN ISIL SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 29 IN AFGHANISTAN'S KABUL


The series of attacks here in Kabul have made the Afghan capital most dangerous place in Afghanistan to be, Al Jazeera's Glasse said... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 3953

'AFGHAN INTERPRETERS FOR FRENCH ARMY ARE THREATENED AND CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES'


The interpreters who worked for the French army in Afghanistan are under intense pressure, especially from the Taliban... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 428

DEADLIEST DAY FOR AFGHAN JOURNALISTS; 10 KILLED IN TWO ATTACKS


Shah Marai, Agence-France-Presse's AFP chief photographer in Kabul was killed in a secondary explosion following a suicide blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 2018... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 2605

TWIN BLASTS IN AFGHAN CAPITAL KILL AT LEAST 26, INCLUDING NINE JOURNALISTS


The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee AFJSC said nine journalists were killed in Kabul, the worst toll for media workers in a single attack in the country... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 2270

TEN JOURNALISTS AMONG DOZENS KILLED IN 'TERRIBLE' AFGHAN ATTACKS


IS has claimed responsibility for two suicide explosions that ripped through Kabul in Afghanistan, leaving dozens dead... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 0

DOUBLE KABUL SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS AT LEAST 25


The Islamic State group has taken responsibility for the double suicide bombing in Kabul. Eight journalists were among the dead... READ MORE

30th April, 2018 46

ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETING SHIITE 'APOSTATES' KILLS 57 AT KABUL VOTER REGISTRATION CENTER


An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration center in the capital Kabul on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more th... READ MORE

23rd April, 2018 1

AFGHAN VOTER CENTRE BLAST KILLS DOZENS


A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say... READ MORE

23rd April, 2018 6120

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ELECTION CENTRE SUICIDE ATTACK, KILLING DOZENS KABUL


It was a suicide attack, Dawood Amin, Kabul police chief, told AFP... READ MORE

22nd April, 2018 0

54 DEAD IN ATTACKS ON VOTER REGISTRATION CENTRES


At least 54 people killed in bombings targeting voter registration centres in Kabul and Baghlan province, officials say... READ MORE

22nd April, 2018 3907

IS RUSSIA ARMING THE AFGHAN TALIBAN?


In December 2015, the Russian president's special representative to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, declared that the Taliban interest objectively coincides with ours in the fight against IS... READ MORE

2nd April, 2018 675

THIS IS WHAT I DO WHEN I HEAR THE BOMBS EXPLODE


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Whenever I hear a blast go off in my hometown the first thing I do is call my little brother... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 2059

AFGHANISTAN: DOZENS KILLED IN ISIL ATTACK NEAR KABUL UNIVERSITY


At least 29 people have been killed and 52 others wounded in a mid-day explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 2815

AFGHANISTAN ISIS SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS DOZENS CELEBRATING PERSIAN NEW YEAR


ISIS suicide bomber kills dozens of Afghans celebrating Persian new year... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 25

CAR BOMB KILLS AT LEAST THREE IN AFGHAN CAPITAL


People inspect a damaged shop at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan March 17, 2018... READ MORE

17th March, 2018 157

SUICIDE BOMB KILLS AT LEAST SEVEN AT SHI'ITE GATHERING IN KABUL


Afghan fire fighters clean the site of a suicide bomb attack near a Shi'ite mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan March 9, 2018... READ MORE

9th March, 2018 323

AFGHANISTAN: BLAST IN KABUL'S SHIA AREA KILLS AT LEAST SEVEN


Officials say seven others wounded after suicide bomber blew himself up near a gathering of Afghanistan's Shia minority... READ MORE

9th March, 2018 3910

US LAUDS AFGHAN OFFER TO OPEN TALKS WITH TALIBAN


In January, a BBC study found that the Afghan Taliban directly controlled four percent of the country, but were openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 2081

AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI SIGNALS SHIFT ON TALIBAN AS PEACE CONFERENCE BEGINS


Afghan president opens peace conference with proposals to get Taliban to negotiate... READ MORE

28th February, 2018 149

MULTIPLE SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND ATTACKS KILL 23 PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN


The biggest attack saw Taliban militants storm an army base in the province of Farah, killing at least 18 soldiers... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 0

NEARLY TWO DOZEN AFGHAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN MULTIPLE ATTACKS


At least 18 Afghan soldiers were killed on Saturday in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah province when Taliban fighters stormed an army checkpoint... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 4297

DELHI'S 'LOST' MUGHAL GARDEN REOPENS AS PUBLIC PARK


Project director Ratish Nanda said he hoped the Sunder Nursery would become a green lung for the city and could eventually rival New York's Central Park... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 0

AFGHAN TALIBAN SAY THEY WANT TO END WAR THROUGH DIALOGUE


Pakistan rejects accusations that it sponsors the Taliban... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 132

TALIBAN ISSUES LETTER TO 'AMERICAN PEOPLE' URGING TALKS AND AFGHANISTAN PULLOUT AND SLAMMING TRUMP


In a rambling nearly 3,000-word letter issued Wednesday, the Taliban urged the American people to press their government to withdraw from Afghanistan, re... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 0

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY IMAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD


Photo Bilawal Arbab, EPA A Pakistani boy sells balloons on Valentine's Day in Peshawar, Pakistan... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 102

U.S. FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN ATTACK ANTI-CHINA MILITANTS


They pose a threat to China and enjoy support from the Taliban in Badakhshan and throughout the border region, the force said... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 83

ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS STILL POSE WORLD THREAT


They said IS foreign fighters unable to blend into the local population may be trying to leave, making their identification critical... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 0

NO END IN SIGHT AS PENTAGON REPORTS AFGHAN WAR COSTING $45 BILLION PER YEAR


Tens of billions are just being thrown down a hatch in Afghanistan, said Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 0

ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS STILL POSE WORLD THREAT


They said IS foreign fighters unable to blend into the local population may be trying to leave, making their identification critical... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 0

Trending News Headlines : Kabul

BLAST IN KABUL DEEPENS TOLL OF A LONG WAR


The casualties were another reminder of how badly Afghanistan is bleeding... READ MORE

28th January, 2018 17937

AFGHANISTAN WAR: ONE AMERICAN KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED IN ACTION


Four Americans were wounded during a combat engagement in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 9511

NEARLY 100 KILLED IN AMBULANCE BLAST IN AFGHAN CAPITAL KABUL


The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, a week after they claimed an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in which more than 20 people were killed... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 5446

REFUGEE DEPORTED FROM EUROPE INJURED IN KABUL MASSACRE


Last month, having returned to Afghanistan after being deported from Finland, he was injured in a Taliban-claimed massacre in Kabul that killed more than 100 people... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 5212

KABUL SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK KILLS DOZENS


Afghanistan suicide bomb attack Dozens killed in Kabul... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 4909

NEARLY 100 KILLED IN AMBULANCE BLAST IN AFGHAN CAPITAL KABUL


The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, a week after they claimed an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in which more than 20 people were killed... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 4656

SCORES KILLED, WOUNDED IN AMBULANCE BLAST IN AFGHAN CAPITAL KABUL


It is a massacre, said Dejan Panic, coordinator in Afghanistan for the Italian aid group Emergency, which runs a nearby trauma hospital... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 4543

FOUR KILLED IN 'SUICIDE ATTACK' AT AFGHAN VOICE


Kabul Four killed in 'suicide attack' at Afghan Voice... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 4318

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS AFGHANISTAN, TREMORS FELT IN PAKISTAN


USGS says magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, with tremors felt in Pakistan and India... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 3412

AT LEAST 95 PEOPLE DEAD, 158 WOUNDED IN AFGHAN CAR BOMBING


At least 95 people dead, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 3367

TRUMP REJECTS PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN IN DEPARTURE FROM AFGHAN STRATE


Trump rejects peace talks with Taliban in departure from Afghan strate... READ MORE

30th January, 2018 3363

HEAVY CASUALTIES AFTER OVERNIGHT BATTLE AT KABUL HOTEL


Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 21, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 3177

AT LEAST FIVE DEAD IN ATTACK ON KABUL'S INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL


Smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 21, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 3175

TALIBAN CLAIMS DEADLY KABUL HOTEL SIEGE


Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 3165

KABUL INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SIEGE ENDS, ALL GUNMEN KILLED


An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan January 20, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 3123

SUICIDE BOMBER IN AMBULANCE KILLS AT LEAST 95, WOUNDS 158, KABUL OFFICIALS SAY


The audacious bombing came just six days after Taliban fighters stormed a luxury hilltop hotel in Kabul and held it for more than 14 hours, killing 22 people... READ MORE

28th January, 2018 3116

MOTHER OF KABUL BLAST VICTIM: 'ISIL, WHY MY SON?'


Over the past two years, ISIL has claimed a growing number of attacks in certain areas of Afghanistan where its presence was previously rare... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 3040

DEADLY ISIS ATTACK HITS SAVE THE CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN


Zabihullah Ghazi reported from Jalalabad and Mujib Mashal from Kabul, Afghanistan... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 2575

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS DEADLY BLAST AT AFGHAN SHIITE CENTER


I have little doubt that this attack deliberately targeted civilians, said Toby Lanzer, the acting head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 2150

KABUL MILITARY BASE COMES UNDER ATTACK


Militants have attacked an army base near a military academy in the Afghan capital Kabul... READ MORE

29th January, 2018 2073

KENTUCKY SHOOTING IS 11TH U.S. SCHOOL ATTACK OF NEW YEAR


1 Novak Djokovic made it to the fourth round before falling to Hyeon Chung in straight sets... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 2015

DEADLY SUICIDE BLAST HITS AFGHAN CAPITAL


At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing targeting security forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 1903

STAND-OFF OVER POWERFUL AFGHAN GOVERNOR FORESHADOWS BITTER ELECTION FI


Atta Mohammad Noor, Governor of the Balkh province, poses for a photo before an interview in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 1, 2018... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 1776

ATTACKERS TARGET SAVE THE CHILDREN OFFICE IN AFGHANISTAN,


Militants attacked the offices of British aid agency Save the Children in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, Wednesday, killing a police officer and a civilian, authorities said... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1735

TALIBAN ACTIVE IN 70 PERCENT OF AFGHANISTAN BBC STUDY FINDS


Taliban active in 70 percent of Afghanistan BBC study finds... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 1556

KABUL MOURNS 100 DEAD AFTER AMBULANCE BOMB


It was the deadliest attack in Afghanistan for months and took place a week after an attack on a Kabul hotel in which 22 people were killed... READ MORE

29th January, 2018 1239

SUICIDE ATTACK NEAR AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE HQ


Ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the compound of Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, officials say... READ MORE

25th December, 2017 1103

CHINA, PAKISTAN TO LOOK AT INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN IN $57 BILLION ECONOM


Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speaks during a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1023

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES CONSIDER AFGHANISTAN WAR CRIMES INQUIRY


The proposed investigation by the ICC would cover events from May 2003 onwards, when Afghanistan signed up to the court... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 840

DEADLY ATTACK AT KABUL CULTURAL CENTER IS LATEST IN TERRORIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST SHIITES


In August, 31 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a Shiite mosque in Herat, a city close to the Iran border... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 713


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