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Afghans Find Some Escape As ‘family Cinema’ Opens In Kabul

The lights go off, the projector whirls,and for the first time in years Afghan families find themselves sharing popcorn...

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Afghan Military Rejects Claims Insiders Aided Hospital Attack

Afghanistan's defense ministry Wednesday shrugged off allegations that insiders were involved in a catastrophic...

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Kidnapped Australian Woman Released In Afghanistan

An Australian woman kidnapped in Afghanistan last year has been released, officials said Thursday. The Australian...

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Afghan Security Leadership Under Fire Over Hospital Attack

The Afghan security leadership has come under scathing criticism from lawmakers and social media users over a...

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Blast Targets Bus In Downtown Kabul During Rush Hour

A powerful explosion struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in...

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Kidnappings Blight War-Scarred Kabul City

The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long...

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IS Gunmen Dressed As Medics Kill 30 At Kabul Military Hospital

More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul,...

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Survivors Recount Kabul Hospital Attack

With his voice trembling, nurse Abdul Qadeer recalled the horror of coming face-to-face with one of the gunmen who...

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Afghanistan: IS Gunmen Dressed As Medics Kill 30 At Kabul Military Hospital

More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul,...

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Gunmen Dressed As Doctors Attack Kabul Hospital

Explosions and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district Wednesday when insurgents dressed as doctors stormed...

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Blast, Gunfire Hit Kabul Military Hospital

An explosion and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district on Wednesday as insurgents attacked Afghanistan's largest...

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Afghanistan Launches Centre To Protect Women Journalists

Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday launched a centre to protect women journalists in Afghanistan, the second most...

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Five Troops, 10 Militants Dead In Pakistan Border Raid

Five Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the...

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Qaeda Confirms Coalition Strike Killed Top Leader In Syria

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that top leader Abu Khayr al-Masri, believed to be the organisation's number two, was killed in...

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Taliban Claim Attacks In Afghan Capital, At Least 15 Dead

Afghan Taliban militants said they attacked police, military and intelligence targets in Kabul on Wednesday, as...

International

Simultaneous Taliban Attacks Kill At Least 16 In Kabul

Two attacks struck the Afghan capital at almost the same time on Wednesday Almost simultaneous attacks in Kabul have...

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Blasts, Gunfire Rock Afghan Capital

Explosions and gunfire echoed through Kabul in two separate Taliban assaults on security buildings Wednesday, officials...

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US Probing Whether Al-Qaeda Number Two Killed In Syria

The American government is investigating whether Al-Qaeda's number two has been killed in Syria, an official told AFP...

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Afghan Deportation Flight Left From Germany Half Empty

The German government admitted Friday it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a...