The death toll from bombings outside a high school in the Afghan capital has risen to 100 dead and 160 wounded, says the office of Sarwar Danish, Afghanistan's second vice president.
NATO says it will continue to train Afghan security forces outside the country after the international military withdrawal in September.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing looks at how Pakistan’s border fence is causing mounting problems for Pashtun tribes straddling the Durand Line, the revival of the Pakistani Taliban, and how a con artist and an Afghan princess clouded Afghan efforts to establish an alliance with Washington.
Taliban fighters have overrun another district in Afghanistan's central province of Maidan Wardak after heavy fighting with government forces.
Afghan officials say at least 16 people have been killed in separate attacks across the war-torn country.
A coalition of rights groups says 17 activists and reporters have been killed in Afghanistan since September, underscoring the growing dangers to civil society and independent media as the country faces increasing violence and uncertainty.
Artisan skills dating back to the 19th century transformed a bulky wooden box into a camera and a self-contained darkroom that was still widely used in Kabul at the start of the 21st century. But now, the "kamra-e-faoree" is disappearing from Afghanistan.
Khalid Hadi was 11 years old in 1992 when he became the photographer for a Kandahar-based Islamic relief foundation. The organization provided financial support to mujahedin warriors and civilians wounded in the Soviet-Afghan War and the factional fighting that followed.
U.S. lawmakers called for the thousands of allies in Afghanistan to be evacuated from the war-ravaged country before international troops pull out, fearing they could be “slaughtered by the Taliban.”
In parts of Afghanistan, a custom known as "bacha posh" allows parents to dress their daughters as boys to give them temporary access to education or work. Hukmina decided to keep wearing men's clothing throughout her life, and this has afforded her freedoms that few other women enjoy.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week could potentially lead to cuts in funding for essential services for Afghan women and girls.
Pakistan's fence of more than 2,500 kilometers along its border with Afghanistan has forced Pashtun communities straddling the border to lose businesses, jobs, land, travel rights, and family ties.
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