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Two Afghan Air Force pilots have been killed after their helicopter crashed in the western province of Farah, the Defense Ministry says.
Asif Jalali, a well-known Afghan TV actor who gained renown for his political satire and stand-up comedy, has died in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
A Japanese aid worker who devoted his career to improving the lives of Afghans has died following an attack in eastern Afghanistan that killed five other people.
A high-ranking Taliban official has been killed in clashes with security forces in Jowzjan Province in Afghanistan’s north, a local official said.
Thousands of supporters of Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have marched in Kabul in a rally the organizers said was aimed at condemning and preventing electoral fraud.
Afghan women, both in cities and the countryside, suffer from violence and abuse. Domestic violence is common while forced marriages, marriages to settle disputes, sexual abuse, and violence such as honor killings and grave injuries to women are common.
President Ashraf Ghani’s office says the Afghan leader has discussed the government's seven-point peace plan in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, who insisted on a cease-fire as a "precondition" to begin negotiations with the Taliban.
Afghanistan's acting foreign minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, has resigned his post.
Almost 30 people were killed in a double blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday Prayers on October 18, a senior provincial official said.
A Taliban attack on a district headquarters in Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province has killed at least 11 police officers, Afghan officials say.
Polls have closed in Afghanistan's presidential election with voting marred by several attacks and reports of problems at polling stations.
An explosion at a polling site and reports of rocket attacks elsewhere have marred voting in Afghanistan’s presidential election.
Provincial officials say at least 35 civilians were killed and 13 were wounded in an attack conducted by the Afghan military in southern Helmand Province.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised to take steps to prevent civilian casualties in the war against militants, a day after at least 30 civilians were killed in a U.S. drone strike in eastern Nangarhar Province.
At least 50 people have been killed in an air strike and a car bombing in Afghanistan, as U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad prepares to brief U.S. lawmakers on his peace talks with the Taliban.
A U.S. service member and at least seven Afghans have been killed across Afghanistan, while one-third of the country was hit by a blackout.
President Ashraf Ghani says he has "regretfully" accepted the resignation of the head of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency after four members of a family were killed in an operation in the country’s east.
The Taliban took credit for killing at least 16 civilians involving a car bombing and gunmen in Kabul on September 2 as the Afghan-based militant group agreed “in principle” to a deal to end the 18-year conflict, the longest war in which the United States has been embroiled.
A loud explosion has jolted the Afghan capital, Kabul, shaking windows and doors in houses several kilometers away from the blast, officials and eyewitnesses say.
The Taliban has agreed "in principle" that any Afghan territory it controls in the future will not be used as a safe haven for terrorists to launch attacks against the United States and its allies, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has told RFE/RL.
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