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8 killed in Kabul suicide blast

A motorcycle suicide bomber kills at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials say, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul.
AFP journalist among 25 killed in Afghan blasts

Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul kills 25 people, including journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and who were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber in a second attack, officials say.
IS claims attack on Kabul TV station

Militant group Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack on a television station in Kabul, in which gunmen disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff, the latest assault on media workers in Afghanistan.
Mattis arrives in Afghanistan as rockets hit Kabul airport

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Kabul to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious security in the Afghan capital underlined by a rocket attack on the airport hours after he touched down.
Kabul suicide blasts kill 80, 'IS claims responsibility'

So-called Islamic State says it was behind an attack on a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing 80 people and injuring 230.
Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour's death

Afghan Taliban have named a deputy to former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour as their new leader, a spokesman says in a statement, the group's first official confirmation that Mansour was killed in a US drone strike.
Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide blast deaths rise to 64

The death toll from a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday has more than doubled to 64 people, the government says.
Kabul suicide bomber 'kills nine'

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.
1 killed in Kabul bomb attack

A Taliban bomber detonates an explosives-packed vehicle near Kabul airport in an attack on a NATO convoy, killing one civilian.
Afghan Taliban: Helmand town police HQ ‘under siege’

The police HQ in the strategic Afghan town of Sangin remains under siege after a Taliban attack, officials say.
Taliban attack in Kabul kills 6

An Afghan official says that at least six people have been killed in Taliban attack near the Spanish embassy in the capital, Kabul.
US warns of 'imminent' attack in Afghan capital

The US Embassy says it has received "credible reports of an imminent attack" in the Afghan capital.
Aziza seeks ‘better future’ for Kabul children

Fourteen-year-old Aziza Rahimzada is trying to help her impoverished community by offering classes to children.
Rescue efforts expanded as Afghan-Pakistan quake toll tops 360

Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured.
'Afghan Malala' speaks up for refugee children

At the age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already surmounted legal hurdles preventing 25,000 refugee children from attending school.
Obama to Pakistan: Avoid raising nuclear tensions

U.S. President Barack Obama urges Pakistan to avoid developments in its nuclear weapons programme that could increase risks and instability.
US to extend Afghan military presence

President Barack Obama confirms plans to extend the US military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016, in a shift in policy.
Five Nato personnel die in Kabul crash

Five people, including two RAF personnel, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison

Taliban militants have stormed a jail outside the central Afghan city of Ghazni, killing at least four policemen and freeing more than 350 prisoners.
Afghan court spares mob killers

An Afghan appeals court quashes death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.
Afghan parliament attackers killed (video)

A co-ordinated Taliban attack on the Afghan parliament in Kabul has ended with all six gunmen killed, the interior ministry says.
Blast hits Kabul government zone

Large blast hits Afghan government buildings in Kabul
Afghan police jailed over mob death

An Afghan judge sentences 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of Farkhunda in Kabul who was accused of burning a copy of the Quran.
Car bomb kills 3 in Kabul

A car bomb rams a convoy of foreign troops near the main airport in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least three civilians in the latest attack in the city.
Suicide attack in Kabul 'kills at least seven'

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a district police headquarters close to Afghanistan's presidential palace in central Kabul killing at least seven people and wounding 22
Avalanches in Afghanistan kill 90

90 people so far has died in a series of avalanches in north Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.