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At least one person was killed and four others injured Saturday when a magnetic bomb attached to a minivan exploded near a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, officials said.

Afghanistan under neo-Taliban rule

Here are the latest developments in Afghanistan following the second takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group on August 15:

At least 11 civilians killed as roadside bomb strikes bus in Afghanistan

At least 11 civilians including four women and three children were killed when a roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, in the latest attack targeting passenger vehicles in the violence-wracked country.

Bomb attacks on two buses kill 12 civilians in Kabul

Two separate bomb blasts on two public transport buses killed at least 12 civilians in the Afghan capital Kabul, security officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

Terrorist bombing kills one, injures three in SE Iran

At least one civilian was killed and three others sustained injuries when in a bomb explosion in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Sunday.

Car bomb kills at least 20 in Somalia’s capital

At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday night, police and emergency services said.

Car bomb blast near Somali Parliament kills, wounds several

At least three people were killed and eight others wounded after a car bomb exploded near a checkpoint close to the Somali Parliament headquarters in the capital Mogadishu.

Polish divers to defuse Second World War 'earthquake' bomb dropped by UK in world-first operation

Polish underwater bomb disposal experts have started a “world first” operation to defuse a massive RAF Tallboy “earthquake” bomb lying on the bottom of a channel in the north-west coastal town of Swinoujscie in Poland.

Bomb joke sees passenger removed from Whangarei-Auckland flight

A passenger was removed from an aircraft preparing to fly from Whangarei to Auckland, New Zealand, on Monday after a relative apparently joked they were carrying a bomb.

Members of terrorist team arrested in SE Iran

Iran’s intelligence forces arrested members of a takfiri terrorist team who had caused public fear in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, managing director of the provincial intelligence office said on Saturday.

Bomb attack at religious rally kills 10 in Pakistani city Quetta

At least 10 people, including two police officers, have been killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.

Bomb attack kills over a dozen in north Syria

A car bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of al-Bab has claimed the lives of at least 14 people, according to media reports.

Israel bombs Gaza despite earlier ceasefire deal, Palestinians urge retaliation

Israel has launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip despite agreeing to an earlier ceasefire, arousing popular calls for continued Palestinian retaliatory strikes in response to the onslaught.

Trial opens for 5 women over ‘plot’ to bomb Notre-Dame

Five women have gone on trial over an alleged plot to detonate a car bomb in front of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris three years ago, when France was battling a wave of extremist attacks that since 2015 have killed over 250 people.

UAE jets bomb Saudi-backed militants in Yemen’s Aden: Report

Amid a deepening rift in the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen, Emirati warplanes are reported to have carried out raids against positions of Saudi-backed militants in support of allied separatists in Aden, with reports saying that the UAE-backed separatist forces have regained full control of the port city.