Tag: Afghanistan

KABUL: The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said on Saturday (Oct 1), as Shiite Hazara women who bore the ...

KABUL: A suicide bomb attack on a classroom of hundreds of people preparing for exams in the Afghan capital on Friday (Sep 30) killed at least 19 people, with most of ...

KABUL: A car packed with explosives blew up outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital, killing at least seven people minutes after Friday (Sep 23) prayers ...

KABUL: The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday (Sep 18) to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as "tragic ...

Meta Platforms's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday (Sep 15) that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users' freedom ...

Khaliqyar Ahmadzai, the provincial head of information and culture, told AFP five schools had reopened, without offering an explanation. "A few days ago female students approached the principals of five ...

KABUL: Two earthquakes shook Afghanistan on Tuesday (Sep 6), with one killing six people in the northeast of the country, officials said. The temblor early in the morning in northeastern ...

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday (Aug 23), adding ...

KABUL: Heavy rains triggered flash floods in the eastern Afghan province of Logar, killing at least 20 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, officials said Sunday (Aug 21). The ...

KABUL: A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday (Aug 17) killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that ...