Afghanistan

Afghan TV studio in ruins after massive blast

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The studio and newsrooms of television station 1TV sustained damage after a bomb hidden in a…

Paris’ Eiffel Tower lights go out in honor of Kabul blast victims

PARIS, France (Reuters) - Lights were switched off at Paris' Eiffel Tower just before midnight (2200GMT) on Wednesday (May 31)…

Kabul blast toll leaps to 49 dead, more than 300 wounded: officials

by Emal Haidary Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- At least 49 people were killed and hundreds wounded Wednesday…

Afghan forces demand support to fight insurgency in eastern Nangarhar

CHAPARHAR, Afghanistan -- Local forces on the ground in Afghanistan are demanding for more troops and equipment to beat insurgents.…

Suicide bombers storm Afghan state broadcaster

by Enamullah Samoon Agence France-Presse Suicide bombers stormed the national television station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on…

Afghan woman seeks to become youngest to make solo round-the-world flight

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) - An Afghan pilot hoping to become the youngest woman in history to complete a solo round-the-world…

Security in Afghanistan likely to ‘deteriorate’: US intelligence

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The heads of United States intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security…

Blast in Afghan capital kills four

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- A suicide bombing near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Wednesday (May 3) killed four people…

Fighting ongoing near site of US blast in Afghanistan: NATO

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - Fighting was still ongoing Wednesday near the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a…

US strike in Afghanistan: What is the ‘Mother of All Bombs’?

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- The United States has dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, otherwise known as…

Tokyo shares open lower after US strike on Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo shares opened lower Friday on rising geopolitical fears after the US military dropped a massive…

US drops biggest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States military on Thursday dropped what is considered to be the largest non-nuclear…

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