Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban declares three-day Eid ceasefire

The Taliban’s announcement comes two days after a series of blasts at a Kabul girls’ school killed more than 50 people, mostly pupils.

Afghans mourn schoolgirls killed in blasts as Taliban plans three-day ceasefire for Eid

Dozens of young girls were buried at a hilltop cemetery in Kabul on Sunday, a day after a secondary school was targeted in one of Afghanistan's most deadly attacks this year.

Afghans hold funeral for victims of Kabul school bomb blasts

Dozens of young girls were buried after a secondary school was targeted in the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan in more than a year.

On GPS: Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Gates, who served in the administrations of three presidents including Bush and Obama, joins Fareed to assess the situation in Afghanistan and Taiwan.

Death toll from bomb blasts near Afghan girls’ school rises

The death toll in a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital Kabul has soared to 50, the Interior Ministry said.Many of those who have died are pupils between 11 and 15 years old.

Blast kills dozens near school in Afghan capital Kabul

At least 150 people, many of them young women, were injured in the attack in a Shia neighbourhood of the city.

Afghan couple held with heroin worth Rs 860 crore in Delhi

Two Afghan refugees, a couple, involved in supply of heroin were arrested by the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of Delhi Police in the West district of national capital on May 07. Authorities arrested..

‘A challenge’ for Afghan military as US leaves Afghanistan

US defence secretary says Afghan forces ‘will play major role in stopping the Taliban’ as group steps up attacks.

Gen. Petraeus on why US may regret pulling troops from Afghanistan

Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper why he fears the US may regret its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Intel report: Afghan women's rights at risk with US withdrawl

Progress on women’s rights in Afghanistan could be at risk with the withdrawal of US and international troops, even if the Taliban doesn’t fully take power, according to a newly declassified US..

Afghanistan violence: Thousands flee homes as fighting erupts after US pullout

Afghanistan: Fears rise after car bomb blast that killed 24

People in the Afghan province of Logar say they are fearful after a powerful car bomb that happened as foreign troops are beginning their withdrawal from Afghanistan.

On GPS: Hillary Clinton on Biden and Afghanistan

Fareed asks the former Democratic Senator for her take on President Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

Cindy McCain reacts to Biden's Afghanistan decision

Cindy McCain, widow of late Republican Sen. John McCain, says she has faith in President Biden’s decision to remove US troops from Afghanistan but believes the effort will be “for nothing” if not..

Taliban warn US as Trump withdrawal date passes

Taliban say international forces have violated a US-Taliban agreement to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by May 1, and that this "opened the way" for the group to counter-action.

Suicide bombing kills over 20 in Afghanistan’s Logar province

The truck bomb in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also wounded more than 90 people, interior ministry says.

Twenty-one killed in Afghanistan suicide truck bombing

At least 21 people died and as many as 90 people were injured after a suicide truck bombing in Afghanistan on Friday.

NATO starts troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, says alliance official

NATO has begun withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an alliance official, after nearly 20 years of war.

U.S. pledges to protect Afghan women: official

U.S. lawmakers grilled President Joe Biden's Afghanistan peace envoy on Tuesday about how women will be protected if the hard-line Islamist Taliban take control after U.S. troops withdraw, and..

Blinken responds to fears over plans to withdraw from Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan will help concentrate the minds of “free riders” in the region about their interests in..