Deadliest bus accidents in the past five years
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The bus fire in Kazakhstan in which 52 people were killed Thursday is among of the…
8 years ago
Afghanistan
11 killed, 25 wounded in Kabul suicide attack
by Usman Sharifi Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide attacker blew himself up near a crowd of police and protesters in…
8 years ago
Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday, a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump…
8 years ago
40 dead, dozens wounded in multiple blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan
By Mushtaq Mojaddidi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- At least 40 people were killed and dozens more…
9 years ago
Six dead in suicide attack near Afghan spy agency: officials
KABUL Afghanistan (AFP) -- A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence…
9 years ago
Thousands more US troops arrive in Afghanistan: general
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Approximately 3,000 additional American troops have now been deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump's revised strategy…
9 years ago
Nearly 60 dead in two suicide attacks on Afghan mosques: officials
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- At least 10 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on worshippers in a Shiite…
9 years ago
White House chief cites son’s loss in emotive Trump defense
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - White House chief of staff John Kelly -- a former general whose…
9 years ago
Amnesty condemns ‘forced’ returns of Afghan asylum seekers
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers "forcibly" returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and…
9 years ago
Kyrgyzstan vote to test stability of region’s political oddball
by Tolkun Namatbayeva Agence France-Presse BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) - Storming through a crowded bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, presidential candidate…
9 years ago
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Stoltenberg in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday, the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet…
9 years ago
Car bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan; wounds five civilians
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (Reuters) -- Five civilians were wounded when a car bomber attacked a Danish convoy belonging to the North…
9 years ago
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