The Pakistani Army chief offered Islamabad's support for the Afghan peace process in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on May 10 amid growing violence as the United States withdraws its troops.
More than 50 people were killed by a bomb attack outside a girls school in the Afghan capital, and at least 150 were injured. Most of the victims were young students. The explosions on May 8 took place in a neighborhood that is home to Shi'a from the Hazara ethnic minority.
A Disappearing World. I worry about the fate of the people in my photos, from the shy school girls and owner of the American-style burger restaurant to the pro-American Shi’ite Hazaras who have been massacred (even at a wedding) in a bloody ISIS and Taliban terror campaign.
At least 11 civilians were killed and 28 more wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus in Afghanistan’s Zabul Province, the Interior Ministry said on May 10.
The Taliban has declared a cease-fire during the three-day religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr later this week as Afghanistan is gripped by intensifying violence.
Funerals were held in the Afghan capital on May 9 for the victims of an attack a day earlier at a girls' school that killed at least 50 people and wounded another 100.
The Pentagon has deployed more heavy bombers and fighter jets to ensure the protection of the withdrawing U.S. and coalition troops from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters on May 6.
Taliban fighters have captured Afghanistan's second-biggest dam and two Afghan Army bases, militants and officials said, as fighting escalates amid the ongoing pullout of U.S. and international forces from the war-wracked country.
Severe hunger affected at least 155 million people last year as a result of conflicts, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, and weather extremes and the outlook for this year is equally harsh or worse, a report by 16 organizations says.
Human Rights Watch has warned that falling international donor support to Afghanistan has reduced women's access to essential health care, and that it expects further cuts in the coming months as foreign forces prepare to withdraw from the country.
Afghan officials say Taliban militants captured a district in northern Afghanistan after hours of fighting with government forces amid a recent surge in violence as the United States begins to pull its forces from the war-torn country.
The Taliban is seeking to further undercut support for the fragile Afghan government by co-opting disgruntled members of Afghanistan’s political elite.
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