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In Afghanistan, life goes on as if coronavirus doesn’t exist
- Irish Times
- December 26, 2020, 01:00
For Mohammad Wakil (23), social distancing is an abstract concept. Every working day, he shakes hands with scores of customers at the teeming bazaar w(...)

At least eight killed as rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul
- Middle East
- November 21, 2020, 11:36
Several rockets hit residential areas in the early rush hour in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31(...)

At least 19 killed in attack on university in Afghanistan
- Middle East
- November 2, 2020, 13:01
Gunmen attacked Kabul University’s campus on Monday, with at least 19 dead and 22 wounded, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry has said. The ministry’s s(...)

Suicide bombing at Kabul education centre kills 18
- Middle East
- October 24, 2020, 18:37
A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens more on Saturday, officials said.(...)

Long-awaited Afghan peace talks with Taliban begin
- World
- September 12, 2020, 08:02
The Afghanistan peace talks between representatives of the country’s government and the Taliban militant group began in Doha on Saturday. The long-aw(...)

Hundreds of prisoners flee before Afghan forces end Isis jail siege
- Asia-Pacific
- August 3, 2020, 15:04
Afghan security forces on Monday killed at least 10 Islamic State fighters who had taken control of a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad, ending(...)

Afghanistan: At least 14 security personnel killed in two militant attacks
- Middle East
- June 6, 2020, 13:23
Two militant attacks have killed 14 Afghan security personnel in the north-eastern Badakhshan province and the capital of Kabul on Saturday. A roadsi(...)

Hopes for peace appear to be slipping away in Afghanistan
- Asia-Pacific
- May 15, 2020, 11:46
In the wake of a devastating attack in Kabul on Tuesday on a maternity unit that saw gunmen shoot women in labour, new mothers and their newborn babie(...)

Newborn babies among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack
- Middle East
- May 12, 2020, 13:02
Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a matern(...)

Ghani signs decree freeing 1,500 Taliban prisoners to kickstart talks
- Asia-Pacific
- March 10, 2020, 18:38
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a move to launch direct talks between the Afghan government an(...)