Rural Afghans bear the cost of endless war
Jalalabad, Afghanistan"•As 10 children from the same family were walking to school last year, they came across an unexploded mortar ...
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Murder highlights plight of Afghan women
Kabul"•When gunmen killed former journalist Mena Mangal on a busy Kabul street, observers first wondered if she had been murdered ...
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Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record in 2018
Kabul"•More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two ...
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Trump grounds House speaker
Washington"•US President Donald Trump forced the cancellation Thursday of a trip to Afghanistan by his Democratic opponent Nancy Pelosi, and ...
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Suicide attack kills 43 Afghan soldiers
KANDAHAR"•At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban-claimed suicide attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on ...
Read moreTaliban turns to heroin making
KABUL"•The Taliban"•which banned poppy cultivation when it ruled Afghanistan"•now appears to wield significant control over the war-torn country’s heroin production ...
Read moreIS Afghanistan leader reportedly killed
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including an assault ...
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Taliban kills over 100 in Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan—More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in ...
Read moreTwin Taliban suicide attacks in Kabul kill 16
Sixteen people were killed Wednesday in simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds in Kabul, as the insurgents ramp ...
Read moreSix Red Cross staff killed, two missing in Afghanistan
Suspected Islamic State gunmen killed six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound northern Afghanistan on ...
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