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ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KABUL ATTACK, 80 DEAD
Official in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, condemned the attack as a war crime... READ MORE›
AFGHAN HAZARA MINORITY PROTEST IN KABUL OVER POWER LINE
Hazaras say they want the transmission line to come through their area because it would ensure their power supply... READ MORE›
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MUSLIM GROUPS HELP BATTLE RISING WATERS
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain on Wednesday in North West England, North East England, Yorkshire and Humber, Wales and Northern Ireland... READ MORE›
THE QUIET REVOLUTIONARY WORKING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST AFGHAN WOMEN
In Afghanistan women who speak out for rights are stigmatised, Ms Ahmadi says... READ MORE›
UN SECRETARY GENERAL URGES COMPASSION AS HUNGARY FIRES TEAR GAS AT REFUGEES
Before long Hungarian riot police pepper-sprayed the refugees faces and the air was thick with tear gas as tensions finally boiled over... READ MORE›
AFGHAN POWER PROJECT PROMPTS HAZARA PROTEST IN KABUL
Read more Desperate journeys Persecuted Hazara flee Afghanistan Demonstrators said the chosen route for the transmission line is a discriminatory move against Hazaras... READ MORE›
ANOTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN ARRESTED IN IRAN
Their son, Siamak, an Iranian American businessman based in Dubai, has been held by Iranian security authorities since October... READ MORE›
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TWO U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
Two American service members were killed and another two wounded after they came under fire in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, U.S. military officials said... READ MORE›
TALIBAN RESTART SECRET TALKS WITH AFGHANISTAN IN QATAR
The United States has continued to provide air power and other military support to Kabul, preventing the Taliban from making more ground... READ MORE›
'ATTACK ON KUNDUZ SHOWS US FAILS TO DEFEAT TALIBAN'
The US is failing to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan because they haven't targeted the extremists' ideology, says Catherine Shakdam, Shafaqna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT BELIEVED TO HIT SYRIA CONVOY, US OFFICIALS SAY
The attack prompted the United Nations to suspend all aid shipments into Syria... READ MORE›
RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE WHOEVER STRUCK AID CONVOY
The US has reached the preliminary conclusion that it was Russian warplanes that bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR: US AND RUSSIA CLINCH CEASEFIRE DEAL
The Syrian Government has been informed by us about these arrangements, and it is ready to fulfil them, he added... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS 300 ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS KILLED IN AFGHAN OPERATION
By being more aggressive, the Afghan military were more successful this year against the Taliban than in 2015, when they lost 5,000 men, Nicholson said... READ MORE›
AFGHAN OFFICIAL: NO PLANS TO REVIVE TALIBAN PEACE TALKS
Ghani has accused Pakistan of harbouring Taliban leaders, an allegation that Islamabad denies... READ MORE›
NAMING OF NEW TALIBAN CHIEF SEEN DIMMING OBAMA'S HOPES FOR AFGHAN PEACE TALKS
Regardless of who leads them, the Taliban have zero incentive to negotiate on their determination to restore their brand of Islamic rule... READ MORE›
MUSLIM STATES BLOCK GAY GROUPS FROM U.N. AIDS MEETING; U.S. PROTESTS
The issues of LGBT rights and participation in events at the United Nations have long been contentious... READ MORE›
AFGHAN PRESIDENT WARNS PAKISTAN ON TALIBAN
Mr. Ghani has taken pains to persuade Pakistan's leadership, particularly its powerful military, to bring the insurgent leaders to the negotiating table... READ MORE›
US STEPS UP AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS AFTER IT GAINS TERRITORY IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan is at least the fourth country where Mr. Obama has struck fighters aligned with the Islamic State... READ MORE›