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Gun attack targets Pakistan’s top diplomat in Kabul

AP – Pakistan’s prime minister said that an “assassination attempt” on Friday targeted his country’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, amid tensions between the neighboring countries.

UN raises Kabul classroom bombing death toll to 35

The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom rose to 35, the UN said Saturday, as Shia Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.

Bombing at Russian Embassy in Kabul kills two diplomats

A suicide attack outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one Afghan civilian in a rare attack on a foreign diplomatic mission in Afghanistan.

U.S. says kills Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in Kabul drone strike

The United States killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the heart of the Afghanistan capital Kabul, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the terrorist group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

Attack on Sikh temple in Kabul kills two

An attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least two people and injured seven on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says

A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Pentagon: No US troops to be punished over deadly Kabul drone strike

Afghan father says 'God will take revenge'

Deadly explosion hits Kabul suburb

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.

Dozens killed as blasts, gunfire hit Kabul military hospital

At least 25 people were killed and over 50 others wounded in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest assault to rock Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power.

Iran calls for probe into assassination attempt on IRIB cameraman in Kabul

Iran called for an investigation into an attack on an Afghan cameraman employed by Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Afghanistan.

Apology ‘not enough’, say survivors of US drone attack in Kabul

A day after the United States military admitted that a drone attack in Afghanistan’s capital last month mistakenly killed 10 members of a family, including seven children, survivors said Washington’s apology was not enough.

US admits Kabul drone strike killed civilians

A top general admitted the United States had made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Daesh terrorists in Kabul, killing 10 civilians including seven children during the frenzied final days of the US pullout from Afghanistan last month.

Rocket blast near Kabul airport kills child: Afghan police

An Afghan police chief said a rocket struck a neighborhood northwest of Kabul’s international airport amid the US evacuation, killing a child.

Iran condemns Kabul bombings; Russia questions US over Daesh links

Iran strongly condemned terrorist explosions that tore through crowds of people outside the Kabul airport, where countries race to evacuate as many people as possible before an August 31 deadline to completely withdraw their troops.

Taliban to unveil ‘inclusive’ gov’t in weeks as co-founder arrives in Kabul

The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the group said on Saturday as the group’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government.