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 ...
Smoke billows from the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike on Thursday/ The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has emphatically rejected the terms of/ In a strongly-worded statement, the Iran-backed group's leader Naim Qassem said negotiations had been "futile" and ...
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has rejected the terms of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. The Iran-backed group's leader Naim Qassem said on Thursday that negotiations had been "futile" and "humiliating" for Lebanon, and rejected categorically by "broad segments of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)/ President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to say Wednesday ...
The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months./ "It is really strange that everything looks normal outside, but people inside are not calm," says the Pakistani sailor, who doesn't want to use his real name./ ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Congolese health workers who recovered from the Ebola virus pose for a photograph at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM), as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the F16 air flotilla in Uppsala, Sweden, May 28, 2026. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/ ...
The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked as attacks continue despite ceasefire negotiations (file photo)/ The US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base, marking the third known escalations in a week around the Strait of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Halyna Hoisan was killed in her flat in Greenwhich, south London, by her ex-partner Yurii Muzyka in August [Metropolitan Police]/ A jealous stalker has been jailed for at least 30 years for murdering his ex-girlfriend after ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Smoke billows from the crater of the "mud volcano" that was caused by a gas exploration accident in 2006, in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)/ Abandoned houses and mosque are seen near ...