Funerals of some of more than 40 victims of a suicide bombing were held in Kandahar on October 16. The attack targeted a crowded Shi’ite mosque in southern Afghanistan during Friday prayers. (Radio Azadi)
The U.S. Defense Department says it is has offered to pay compensation to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in a drone strike in August during the final phase of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A mass funeral was held in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on October 16 for some of more than 40 people killed the previous day when suicide bombers attacked a crowded Shi'ite mosque during Friday Prayers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 said the Islamic State (IS) militant group has thousands of fighters in northern Afghanistan, as Moscow prepares to host international talks next week on the situation in the country.
Taliban representatives have confirmed they will attend next week's talks on Afghanistan due to be held in Moscow next week, a senior Russian official said October 15.
At least 32 people were killed and 53 injured in an explosion on October 15 at a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday Prayers, a hospital official said.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, a group of Afghan women, and a jailed Bolivian opposition politician are the final three candidates for the European Parliament's top human rights prize.
A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will hold talks in Turkey on October 14 with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
A Taliban police chief has been killed and 11 people wounded in a bomb blast in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted the United States ignored Afghanistan's history and culture when it invaded, as he lamented what he said was a tragedy in the country.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have warned U.S. and European envoys that continuing to use sanctions as a means to put pressure on the militant group would trigger a new wave of economic refugees.
The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold joint military drills near the Afghan border in Tajikistan between October 22 and 23, the Kremlin said on October 13.
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