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People in Kabul search for relatives after the blast

20 students, mostly women, die in bomb attack in Kabul

At least 20 people, mostly young women, have been killed in a bomb attack at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul where hundreds of students were preparing for university exams.

World • 30 Sep 22

Afghan men walk past the blue dome of a mosque a day after the blast on the outskirts of Kabul

At least 21 killed in blast at Kabul mosque

At least 21 people were killed after a blast tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers yesterday, Kabul police said.

World • 18 Aug 22

An injured student is taken from the scene of the blasts

At least six dead as explosions hit school in Kabul

At least six people were killed after three blasts hit a boys' school in a Shia Hazara district of the Afghan capital, police said.

World • 19 Apr 22

The Taliban have not given a clear reason for their decision to shut girls' secondary schools

'Open the schools': Afghan girls protest in Kabul

About two dozen girls and women chanting "open the schools" have protested in the Afghan capital against the Taliban's decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after re-opening them this week.

World • 26 Mar 22

A Taliban fighter stands guard in Kabul (File image)

Foreign journalists detained in Kabul released

Two international journalists who were detained while on an assignment for the United Nations refugee agency in Kabul have been released along with the Afghan nationals working with them, the UNHCR has said.

World • 11 Feb 22

A view of the damage caused by the strike on 29 August

No US troops to be punished over Kabul drone strike

The US Department of Defense has said that no US troops or officials will face disciplinary action for a drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children.

World • 13 Dec 21

A woman collects money during a World Food Programme cash distribution in Kabul

Afghanistan faces 'unprecedented' economic shock - UN

Afghanistan's GDP could contract 20% within a year, the UN predicted in a new report, saying that the withdrawal of international aid after the Taliban's return to power is an "unprecedented fiscal shock."

World • 01 Dec 21

Road blocks are set up after a bomb attack at the largest hospital in Kabul

At least 19 dead, 50 wounded in Kabul hospital attack

At least 19 people were killed and 50 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan's biggest military hospital in Kabul, a Taliban security official said.

World • 02 Nov 21

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid holds a press conference in Kabul (Getty)

Taliban name new Afghan government as protests grow

The Taliban has announced its new government, with a UN-blacklisted veteran of the hardline movement in the top role, after the group swept to power in a lightning offensive which toppled the US-backed president.

World • 07 Sep 21

People trying to leave Afghanistan wait near Kabul airport

16,000 evacuated from Kabul in past 24 hours - Pentagon

Around 16,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan through Kabul airport over the past 24 hours, the Pentagon has said, as international airlift operations sped up ahead of next week's deadline.

World • 23 Aug 21

Six Irish people have now been evacuated from the Afghan capital (File pic)

Three more Irish citizens evacuated from Afghanistan

Three more Irish people have been evacuated from Kabul airport, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

Ireland • 21 Aug 21

Several young men tried to flee on board a USAF Boeing C-17

Footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul airport

An Afghan national youth team footballer died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on Monday, the Afghan news agency Ariana said.

World • 19 Aug 21

About 640 people were on board the C-17 transport plane, which usually carries about 100 troops and equipment (Pic: Defense One/Reuters)

Flight to safety - Image captures chaotic Kabul exodus

A photo shows more than 600 Afghans -- women, men, children and the elderly -- sitting packed on the floor of a cavernous US military plane, part of a dramatic airlift hours after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

World • 17 Aug 21

Miles Routledge received widespread attention and criticism on social media for taking a holiday in Afghanistan

UK tourist who hid from Taliban evacuated from Kabul

A British student who travelled to Afghanistan on holiday has been evacuated to Dubai after being forced in to hiding by the advance of the Taliban.

World • 17 Aug 21

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (left) gestures as he arrives to hold the first press conference in Kabul

Women to have rights within Islamic law, says Taliban

The Taliban have held their first official news conference in Kabul since the shock seizure of the city, declaring they wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law.

World • 18 Aug 21

Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at Kabul airport

Kabul airport chaos as desperate Afghans seek to flee

Five people have been killed in chaos at Kabul airport, witnesses have said, as people tried to flee the day after Taliban insurgents seized the Afghan capital and declared the war against foreign and local forces over.

World • 16 Aug 21

The abandoned entrance to Kabul's 'green zone'

European countries scramble to evacuate from Kabul

European countries have moved to evacuate their nationals and local staff in Afghanistan as the Taliban entered the country's capital city Kabul.

World • 15 Aug 21

Taliban fighters stand guard along the roadside in Herat

Taliban take major Afghan city, draw closer to Kabul

Taliban forces have captured the major city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul, where Western countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the capital.

World • 14 Aug 21

Displaced Afghans reach out for aid from a local Muslim organisation at a makeshift IDP camp in Kabul

Afghan leader flies to northern city as Taliban advance

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has flown to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif to rally his beseiged forces.

World • 11 Aug 21

The judges were shot dead as they were driving to their office in a court vehicle

Two female Supreme Court judges shot dead in Kabul

Gunmen have shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an ambush in the country's capital.

World • 17 Jan 21

The attack also left at least 22 people injured in Kabul

At least 19 killed in attack at Kabul university

At least 19 people were killed and 22 wounded when militants stormed Afghanistan's biggest university in an attack that ended only after hours of fighting with security forces, officials said.

World • 02 Nov 20

British soldiers stand guard at the site where a gunman opened fire

Dozens killed by gunman at Afghan political rally

Dozens of people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a political rally in Kabul, the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban.

World • 06 Mar 20

People attend a funeral ceremony after yesterday's suicide attack

63 killed in suicide attack at Kabul wedding

The so-called Islamic State militant group has said it was behind a suicide attack on a wedding in Kabul which Afghan authorities said killed at least 63 people and injured 182 others.

World • 18 Aug 19

Afghan health workers carry a wounded man into the hospital after the attack

At least 20 wounded in bombing at Kabul wedding

A bomb exploded at a wedding reception in the Afghan capital Kabul tonight, wounding at least 20 people, officials and emergency services said.

World • 17 Aug 19

An Afghan security official keeps watch at a checkpoint on a roadside in Kandahar

At least 35 dead in Afghanistan bus bomb

Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials said.

World • 31 Jul 19