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Afghanistan Music Fans Hail Trailblazing Talent Show
Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing...
Pakistan PM Orders Reopening of Border With Afghanistan
Pakistan on Monday ordered the border with Afghanistan to be reopened "immediately", a month after it was closed amid...
Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’
Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials...
Rap, Stilettos and A Musical Revolution
Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become...
Ancient, Near-Pristine Buddha To Make Kabul Museum Debut
Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of...
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...
Afghan Military Rejects Claims Insiders Aided Hospital Attack
Afghanistan's defense ministry Wednesday shrugged off allegations that insiders were involved in a catastrophic...
Kidnapped Australian Woman Released In Afghanistan
An Australian woman kidnapped in Afghanistan last year has been released, officials said Thursday. The Australian...
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...
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...
Insiders Aided Kabul Hospital Attack, Survivors Say
Insiders including two interns were among the attackers who launched a gun-and-grenade assault this week on...
Eight Afghan Police Killed In
Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan,...
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...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...
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,...
Pakistan Gunfights Kill 15 Militants, Two Soldiers
At least 15 militants and two soldiers have been killed in two separate gun battles in a relatively peaceful district...
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...
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,...
Gunmen Dressed As Doctors Attack Kabul Hospital
Explosions and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district Wednesday when insurgents dressed as doctors stormed...