Author: Rahim Faiez
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Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
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Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans
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Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in…
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Taliban: After Aug. 31 deadline, ‘we won’t let Afghans be taken out’
The Taliban warned Tuesday that the U.S. airlift from Afghanistan must end Aug. 31, ramping up pressure on an already chaotic evacuation as new reports of rights abuses fueled concern about the fate of thousands of people still trying to flee the country. A senior U.S. official said President Joe Biden is also committed to…
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U.S. starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders’ feud
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KABUL, Afghanistan • The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week. The U.S.-Taliban deal signed Feb. 29 was…
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Separate attacks in Afghanistan kill 48
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KABUL, Afghanistan • Separate attacks by suicide bombers — one targeting President Ashraf Ghani’s election rally and a second that ripped through the center of the Afghan capital — killed at least 48 people and wounded scores Tuesday in the deadliest single day since a peace agreement with Taliban insurgents was declared dead. The Taliban…
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U.S. military says 2 service members killed in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military said two of its service members were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan. The deaths occurred a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Afghan capital of Kabul, where he said Washington was hopeful of a peace deal before Sept. 1. At a news conference Wednesday in…
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Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Islamic State suicide bombers struck in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. An Agence France-Presse photographer, a cameraman for the local Tolo TV…
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Bodies and blood everywhere’: At least 95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban in the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities said. The bombing Saturday came just a week after Taliban militants killed 22 at an international hotel in the city. It has been a…
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Truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attacker struck the fortified heart of the Afghan capital with a massive truck bomb Wednesday, killing 90 people, wounding 400 and raising new fears about the government’s ability to protect its citizens nearly 16 years into a war with insurgents. The bomber drove into Kabul’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter during…
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Photos: Bombing in diplomatic area of Kabul kills 80, wounds scores
KABUL, Afghanistan — A massive suicide truck bombing rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 80 people and wounding as many as 350, an attack that left a scene of mayhem and destruction and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. The target of the explosion in…