EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Kabul, Afghanistan
A view of a snow-covered area in Kabul, Afghanistan. Via EPA-EFE/STRINGER
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Apr
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Aug
UPDATE – Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul, at least 22 injured
KABUL (Reuters) -A bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday and at least 22 people were injured, hospital officials and witnesses said. The blast…
26
Sep
Photo Story – Poverty in Kabul
An Afghan woman begs for alms in Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 September 2021. The Taliban has sought to address the ongoing session of the United Nations General Assembly as part of…
09
Sep
UPDATED: Qatari official says Kabul airport 90% operational, expects gradual reopening
Afghanistan's Kabul Airport is about 90% ready for operations but its re-opening is planned gradually, a Qatari official said, speaking on the tarmac on Thursday. Reopening the airport, a vital…
27
Aug
Lead MEPs condemn barbaric attack at Kabul airport
Chairs David McAllister (EPP, DE, Committee on Foreign Affairs), Maria Arena (S&D, BE, Subcommittee on Human Rights), and Petras Auštrevičius (Renew, LT, Delegation for relations with Afghanistan) issued the following statement on Friday: “We condemn in…
15
Aug
Taliban insurgents enter Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter.…
06
Jun
At least 11 people killed by a landmine in northern Afghanistan
At least 11 civilians, including children, were killed when their vehicle set off a landmine in northern Afghanistan, local government officials said on Sunday, accusing Taliban insurgents for planting the…
09
May
Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, families bury victims
The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to…
08
May
UPDATE – Children among 40 people killed in bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack Afghan President Ashraf…
25
Oct
24 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed 24 people including teenage students and wounded dozens more on Saturday, officials said. A Ministry of Interior spokesman,…
06
Mar
Photo Story: Kabul attack kills 27 persons
The death toll in an attack on a ceremony in Kabul rose to 27, a ministry of health spokesman said on Friday. Gunmen attacked a ceremony in the Afghan capital…
15
Jan
Photo Story: Life in Kabul
An Afghan balloon vendor looks for customers on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 January 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/HEDAYATULLAH AMID
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Sep
Deadly Taliban attack ‘destroys’ hospital
At least 15 people have died after a truck packed with explosives was detonated by Taliban militants outside a hospital in southern Afghanistan. Many of the victims in the attack…
05
Sep
Suicide attack targets checkpoint in downtown Kabul
Afghan security forces inspect the scene after a suicide attack targeted a checkpoint in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, 05 September 2019. According to reports, at least three people were killed, and…
07
Aug
Several killed, over 30 injured in Kabul explosion
Several people were killed, and more than 30 others wounded after a massive car bomb explosion ripped through a busy neighbourhood at the western side of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul.…
29
Jul
Photo Story: Fatal suicide bombing and gunfight in Kabul
Security personnel are seen among damaged buildings a day after a suicide attack followed by a gunfight against the office of Afghan former chief of intelligence and current candidate for…
25
Jul
Photo Story: Three blasts kill at least seven people in Kabul
Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 July 2019. A series of three back-to-back bombs in the Afghan capital Kabul on 25 July…
16
Aug
Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul suicide bombing
As Afghanistan’s Shiites mourned their dead and held funeral services Thursday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the horrific suicide bombing in Kabul that targeted a Shiite neighborhood the…
15
Aug
48 dead in suicide bombing in Kabul
Al Jazeera reports that at least 48 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in front of an educational centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according…
16
Jun
Car bomb in Kabul leaves at least 26 dead
Times of India: KABUL - A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday,…
05
Jun
Several death in suicide bombing in Kabul. ISIS claims responsibility, provides no evidence
Several people have been killed in a suicide attack targeting Muslim scholars who had gathered in a tent near the Polytechnic University in Afghanistan's Kabul, officials said. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish…