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Ayman al-Zawahiri: US warns of possible retaliation over al-Qaeda death
The US has urged its citizens to be vigilant against possible anti-American violence abroad following the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
His death could prompt al-Qaeda supporters or other linked terror groups…
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike
The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed.
He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of…
Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN
Taliban authorities have presided over widespread human rights abuses since they took control of Afghanistan last August, the UN said, including 160 killings of former government officials and members of the security forces, and dozens of…
Afghanistan reels from deadly earthquake as crisis-hit country struggles for aid
Desperate search and rescue operations were underway in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday following an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people, a heavy blow for a country already facing a dire economic and humanitarian crisis.…
Afghanistan earthquake: Over one thousand killed in major tremor
Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in 20 years kills 1,000 and injures 1,500 people in the provinces of Paktika and Khost.
Authorities say hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the underdeveloped region.
Tremors could be felt in…
Indian officials hold first talks with Taliban in Afghanistan
Bilateral ties and humanitarian aid were discussed in the first such visit to Kabul since the group took control of Kabul last year.
A team of Indian officials has met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan to discuss bilateral ties…
Taliban orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public
The Taliban has issued yet another decree imposing further restrictions on Afghan women, and criminalizing their clothing.
While the Taliban have always imposed restrictions to govern the bodies of Afghan women, the decree is the first…
At least 4 killed, many wounded in Kabul blasts target boys’ school
A suspected twin suicide bombing outside a boys' high school in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least four people and wounded others.
The blasts happened at the Abdul Rahim Shahid school in the Shia-dominated west of the…
Afghanistan: Protesters urge Taliban to reopen girls’ schools
About two dozen, mainly female, protesters gathered close to the Taliban's Ministry of Education on Saturday morning, calling on the group to reopen girls' secondary schools.
The Taliban have been widely condemned for issuing a…
Crypto provides fix for some in crisis-hit Afghanistan
Digital currencies, impervious to international sanctions, allow handful of young Afghans to avoid the worst of crisis.
In the middle of a bazaar in western Afghanistan, Arezo Akrimi takes out her smartphone and, after a few taps of the…