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Afghanistan election: turnout may have been as low as 20% amid Taliban threats
- Asia-Pacific
- September 29, 2019, 19:44
Voter turnout in the first round of Afghanistan’s presidential election on Saturday may have been as low as 20 per cent, according to preliminary coun(...)

Polls close in Afghan election amid pockets of violence
- Asia-Pacific
- September 28, 2019, 10:02
Polls have closed in Afghanistan’s presidential election amid widespread complaints of irregularities and pockets of violence from Taliban insurgents,(...)

Taliban threat looms as Afghanistan votes for new president
- Asia-Pacific
- September 27, 2019, 20:30
Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the threat of militant attacks to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, hoping to prevent a repeat of(...)

US drone strike kills at least 30 farm workers in Afghanistan
- Asia-Pacific
- September 19, 2019, 18:32
A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labour in the fields, off(...)

At least 48 killed in Afghanistan bombs on deadliest day since peace deal’s demise
- Asia-Pacific
- September 17, 2019, 13:00
Two attacks by suicide bombers have killed at least 48 people and wounded scores more in Afghanistan in the deadliest single day since a peace agreeme(...)

How will John Bolton’s dismissal affect US foreign policy?
- US
- September 10, 2019, 20:02
Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of John Bolton, his national security adviser, may reflect the near breakdown in personal relations between the two me(...)

One minute, it was a wedding – nearly 1,000 guests packed under one roof, a thin partition segregating them by gender. Men shimmied to a live band, wo(...)

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide blast at a wedding reception in Afghanistan that killed 63 people, underlini(...)

Afghan candidate made his will, then survived a car bomb
- Asia-Pacific
- July 30, 2019, 18:53
Even before he received specific intelligence about an attempt planned on his life, Amrullah Saleh had a feeling they were coming for him soon. So he (...)

At least 10 people dead after three bombings in Kabul
- Middle East
- July 25, 2019, 10:47
Three bombings have struck the Afghan capital, killing at least 10 people including five women and one child, officials said. Thursday morning’s firs(...)