Afghanistan
Azerbaijan strongly protests to Iran after fatal embassy shooting
A gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran on Friday, in an attack…
Explosion outside Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul causes casualties
An explosion outside the foreign ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday caused a number of casualties, police said. A photo of…
Taliban criticises Prince Harry over Afghan killings comment
The Taliban administration has criticised Prince Harry after the British royal said in his memoir that he had killed 25 people in…
Taliban seeks economic self-sufficiency and foreign investment for Afghanistan, minister says
The Taliban administration will encourage self-sufficiency and wants international trade and investment, the acting commerce minister said, as Afghanistan faces isolation and…
Save the Children, others suspend Afghanistan effort as Taliban bans female NGO staff
KABUL (Reuters) -Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programmes in Afghanistan in…
Taliban-led Afghan administration says female students suspended from universities
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban-run Afghan higher education ministry said on Tuesday that access to Afghanistan's universities would be suspended to female…
Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured
KABUL (Reuters) -Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that…
Seven killed in north Afghanistan as blast hits vehicle with oil workers
At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern…
Photo Story: Painting exhibition by Afghan girls in Kabul
Afghan girls show their art during the first painting exhibition organized by the artistic and literary group 'Hashiya' under the name 'violence'…
At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre
Police in Kabul say an explosion at an education centre in the Afghan capital has killed at least 19 people and injured…
UPDATED: Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul bombing – Russian foreign ministry
MOSCOW, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Two Russian embassy staff were killed on Monday in a blast near the country's diplomatic mission in…
UPDATED: Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills 21; Fatal earthquake in Afghanistan
BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017,…