The Treasury Department alleged that the Quds Force used the Al-Mustafa International University as a "cover" to recruit Afghans for the blacklisted Fatemiyoun Brigade, a pro-Iranian militia that fought in Syria.
The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan is alarmed over the "deeply disturbing" numbers of targeted killings in the war-torn country after the head of an Afghan independent election-monitoring group was slain in Kabul.
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Chris Miller has held consultations with Afghan officials about on the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban. The Pentagon said in a statement on December 22 that Miller's trip was not announced ahead of time due to security concerns.
The chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, has held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and other top officials in the Tajik capital as he looks to drum up regional support for peace talks with the Taliban.
A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle in the Afghan capital of Kabul on December 22, killing at least five people, three of them doctors, police said.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 21 journalists worldwide were singled out for murder in reprisal for their work in 2020, more than double the previous year’s figure of 10.
An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan's central province of Ghazni on December 21, raising to four the number of journalists killed in the country within two months.
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.
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