Afghan

• Military helicopter crashes killing all five on board

  
  1 week ago
  A helicopter carrying security forces crashed in western Afghanistan, killing all five people on board.

• Ex-UN Chief Kofi Annan buried in Ghana state funeral

  
  1 week ago
  World dignitaries laid to rest former UN secretary general Kofi Annan in his native Ghana on Thursday.

• At least 20 killed in twin blasts on wrestling club

  
  2 weeks ago
  At least 20 people have been killed including two Afghan journalists after twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday.

• Drama as complainants confront accused

  
  1 month ago
  Ms Karuku faced charges of obtaining money by false pretenses.

• Gunmen attack intelligence training centre

  
  1 month ago
  Afghanistan is reeling from a recent uptick in insurgent violence against both government forces and civilians

• Suicide bomber kills over 25 in Afghan varsity

  
  1 month ago
  A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an educational center in a mainly Shi’ite area in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul.

• At least 100 security forces killed in fight

  
  1 month ago
  At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni.

• Intense fighting in Afghan city Ghazni as Taliban presses

  
  1 month ago
  U.S aircraft conducted at least four air strikes but details of the fighting were unclear as most of the city’s telecoms masts were destroyed in fight

• 39 people killed in suicide bomb attack

  
  1 month ago
  Thirty-nine people were killed in a suicide bombing of a Shi’ite mosque in eastern Afghanistan, and the death toll may climb further

• Suicide bomb attack kills 25

  
  1 month ago
  At least 25 people killed and 23 wounded in a suicide bombing attack at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan.

• 11 killed, 27 injured after roadside bomb hits bus

  
  1 month ago
  At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 wounded when a bus in western Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb.

• Horrors that can’t be told: Women narrate rape cases

  
  1 month ago
  Islamic State has gained an unmatched reputation for brutality, routinely beheading opponents or forcing them to sit on explosives.

• Blasts, gunshots reported in eastern Afghan city

  
  1 month ago
  Smoke could be seen rising from the site as security forces and ambulances rushed to the scene

• Ten killed in attack on government building

  
  2 months ago
  Gunmen stormed an education department compound in Afghanistan's restive east Wednesday and were battling security forces in an ongoing attack.