At least nine people were killed and at least 20 others were injured after a December 20 explosion targeted the vehicle of Khan Mohammad Wardak, a member of parliament from Kabul, according to local reports. Wardak survived the attack.
Before being ravaged by four decades of war, the Afghan capital was a hub of innovation, modernity, progressive ideas, and urban living. Kabul's residents, and those who visited the city in the 1960s and '70s, recall its golden era.
A deadly car bomb hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, on December 20. The blast went off as lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak's convoy was passing by. The parliament deputy is wounded but in good condition, according to Interior Minister Masud Andarabi.
Afghan authorities say a car bombing targeting a member of parliament killed at least nine people in the capital, Kabul.
UNICEF has reached an agreement with the Taliban to expand community-based education classes in Taliban-controlled areas to serve more than 100,000 children, including girls.
Afghan officials say at least 15 children were killed and 20 other people wounded when a bomb explosion hit a religious gathering in central Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said after meeting Taliban representatives in Islamabad that he is concerned about “the high level of violence in Afghanistan.”
The United States' top general met earlier this week with Taliban officials in Qatar before heading to Afghanistan for senior meetings in an effort to kick-start stalled Afghan peace talks and reduce violence as efforts continue to end a nearly 20-year-long conflict.
Afghan authorities say a group of militants from Tajikistan played a key role in the recent Taliban takeover of a district. It prompted Tajikistan to deploy additional troops along the border and launch a campaign using the relatives of the militants to plead with them via video to come home.
A group of 30 rejected asylum seekers has arrived in Kabul after being deported from Germany, officials from the Afghan Refugees and Repatriation Ministry said on December 17.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the continuation of the war in neighboring Afghanistan was not in the Taliban’s “interest anymore,” after holding talks with a Taliban delegation in Islamabad.
Afghan officials say at least 13 police officers have been killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in the northern province of Baghlan.
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