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Taliban disguised in burqas attack Pak college, 9 killed

Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguises in all-enveloping burqas storm the campus of an agriculture college in Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding 35, police and hospital officials say.

35 killed in Kabul car bombing: Govt official

The death toll from a suicide car bomb blast in the Afghan capital, Kabul rises by more than 10 to at least 35, according to a senior government official.

Afghan Taliban attack on Kandahar ‘leaves 46 dead’

At least 46 security personnel, Taliban fighters and civilians have been killed in clashes in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

FROM A BYSTANDER / Resurgent Taliban overruns Kunduz

The fall of Kunduz to Taliban is not only strategically significant but is also cause for deep worry for the Afghan National Unity Government.

3 aid workers die in Afghan bombing

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says three of its staff are killed when its clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by sustained bombing.

Afghan forces 'regain Kunduz control'

Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban.

Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 5

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.

Afghanistan: Wedding shootout in Baghlan province 'kills 20 people'

At least 20 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a gunfight at a wedding party in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan

Eight out of 10 Malala suspects 'secretly acquitted'

Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai have been acquitted.

December 1, 2017
December 1, 2017

Taliban disguised in burqas attack Pak college, 9 killed

Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguises in all-enveloping burqas storm the campus of an agriculture college in Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding 35, police and hospital officials say.

July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017

35 killed in Kabul car bombing: Govt official

The death toll from a suicide car bomb blast in the Afghan capital, Kabul rises by more than 10 to at least 35, according to a senior government official.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

Afghan Taliban attack on Kandahar ‘leaves 46 dead’

At least 46 security personnel, Taliban fighters and civilians have been killed in clashes in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015

Resurgent Taliban overruns Kunduz

The fall of Kunduz to Taliban is not only strategically significant but is also cause for deep worry for the Afghan National Unity Government.

October 3, 2015
October 3, 2015

3 aid workers die in Afghan bombing

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says three of its staff are killed when its clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by sustained bombing.

October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015

Afghan forces 'regain Kunduz control'

Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban.

August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015

Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 5

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.

July 27, 2015
July 27, 2015

Afghanistan: Wedding shootout in Baghlan province 'kills 20 people'

At least 20 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a gunfight at a wedding party in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan

June 5, 2015
June 5, 2015

Eight out of 10 Malala suspects 'secretly acquitted'

Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai have been acquitted.

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