Afghans wait outside a hospital in Kabul for news of friends and family injured in a Taliban attack (AFP Photo/ABDUL SHAHMIM TANHA)/ At least four people were killed and a dozen injured when gunmen stormed a crowded government building in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday following a suicide ...
Speaking to the BBC, Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai defended the group's role in bloodshed across the country in recent weeks/ Speaking to the BBC, Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai defended the group's role in bloodshed across the country in recent weeks (AFP Photo/KARIM JAAFAR)/ The ...
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan — Fearing Taliban threats, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has mostly campaigned for re-election via Skype, reaching voters outside Kabul through “virtual rallies.” But on Tuesday, the president risked a 35-mile trip from the capital to neighboring Parwan Province for ...
JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber and gunmen wounded at least nine people, including a child and a woman, in an attack on a government building in eastern Afghan on Wednesday, officials said./ FILE PHOTO: Members of a Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani ...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had no more than 20 minutes to study a draft accord between the United States and the Taliban on pulling thousands of U.S. troops out of his country, but upcoming elections could put him back at the heart of talks to end decades of war./ FILE PHOTO: Afghan ...
President Trump calls off peace negotiations with the Taliban after the group admits to a deadly attack in Afghanistan; Benjamin Hall reports./ Tuesday, killing at least 48 people and wounding dozens in the deadliest single day since a peace agreement with Taliban insurgents was declared dead./ ...
Afghan police inspect the site of the suicide attack in Parwan province - AP/ Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts Tuesday - one at a campaign rally for the president and the other in Kabul - with The first attack saw a motorcyclist detonate a ...
Election commission workers prepare ballot boxes and election materials for the presidential election scheduled for Sept 28, at the Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Afghan officials say around 100,000 members of the country's security forces ...
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani gestures during his election campaign rally in Kabul/ KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had no more than 20 minutes to study a draft accord between the United States and the Taliban on pulling thousands of U.S. troops out of his country, ...
Iran held talks with a delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after peace talks between the United States and the Islamist insurgents collapsed. Iran said in December it had been meeting with Taliban representatives with the knowledge of the Afghan ...
Iran held talks with a delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after peace talks between the United States and the Islamist insurgents collapsed./ FILE PHOTO - Members of a Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C, ...
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said, after the collapse of talks between the United States and Taliban to end the nearly 18-year old war. It said the service member was killed in action but did not ...
05PM [Updated: Wed Sep 18, 2019 03:05PM ]/ The file photo shows Head of the Political Office of the Taliban Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai speaking at a conference arranged by the Afghan diaspora in Moscow, Russia, February 5, 2019. (By Reuters)/ The Taliban says its “doors are open” to resuming ...
Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)/ An explosion has hit a campaign rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the country’s northern province of Parwan, leaving at least two dozen people dead. Wahida ...
36PM [Updated: Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:36PM ]/ Members of Taliban's Qatar-based political bureau have visited Tehran and held talks with Iranian officials on the latest developments of the Afghan peace process, including the breakdown of US-Taliban negotiations. The delegation has reportedly ...
At least 15 people have died, including two children, in and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power during potentially record-breaking heat. In Texas, multiple tornados were reported throughout the state with one plowing through Cooke County – approximately 50 miles north of ...
Hamas says it fired rockets at central Israel for the first time in 4 months/ Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said, adding that several were ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the ...
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Trump attends the Libertarian Party's national convention, in Washington/ (Please note language in paragraph 18 that readers may find offensive) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in ...
The Day After might sound like the title of a film or a novel. But for diplomats and policymakers, the phrase has only one meaning and that is what happens 'the day after' the fighting stops in Gaza. Given the intensity of the conflict and the absence of hope, such thinking might seem ...
is predicting severe weather Sunday, which could impact/ The most likely hazard will be high winds "with localized hurricane-force gusts possible," according to the Louisville office of the National Weather Service. Tornadoes, flooding and hail are less likely but also possible. Isolated ...
Israeli protesters stamp on aid packages destined for Gaza/ Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to other key junctions, where rival groups of activists do their best to block or protect aid ...
Police chases can be intense, but the stakes are even higher when cops are chasing an who’s already engaged in violence toward the public. That’s what precedes this chase involving/ If you’re thinking this glorified soccer mom SUV isn’t a great , well you’re right. For some reason the guy in it ...
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – “I can’t believe I got two of them that close to the same size,” Mitch Holland said after catching two large trout while fishing in Greers Ferry Lake. Holland, of Cabot, caught a brown trout measuring around 29 inches, which is considered a trophy fish. Just days after, he ...
The suspect is dead after a pursuit and a nearly four-hour standoff that forced a complete closure of the 91 Freeway in Orange County on Friday. The pursuit began around 8 a.m. in Corona, where, according to police, officers attempted to stop the driver in the area of McKinley Street and Griffin ...