The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Taliban: Car Bomb Near Kabul Mosque Kills 7, Wounds 41

A car bomb went off Friday as worshippers were leaving a Kabul mosque, killing at least seven people and wounding 41, including several children, a Taliban official said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a steady stream of attacks since the Taliban seized power in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 23, 2022

U.S. providing $327 million in aid to Afghanistan -Blinken

The United States will provide an additional $327 million in aid to Afghanistan to shore up humanitarian assistance, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

Girl, 3, who disappeared from playground still missing ten months later

Lina Sardar reportedly survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan just months before she vanished form Villas Del Cabo apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas.

Daily Record · Sep 23, 2022

AP PHOTOS: Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns

Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing ever since the economy collapsed following the Taliban takeover more than a year ago

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from Afghanistan

In the harrowing documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2022

Mobilisation and nuclear threat: Putin's Ukraine invasion stokes superpower rivalries

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, it deployed 160,000 troops. Vladimir Putin has now called up 300,000 after major setbacks in Ukraine, while coupling his announcement with his most overt nuclear threat to the West. Our panel analyses Biden's answer to Putin and the world at the UN General Assembly.…

France 24 · Sep 21, 2022

Ohio GOP House candidate misrepresented military service

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The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Amid UN criticism, Taliban name new education minister

The Taliban have appointed a new education minister for Afghanistan, days after the United Nations called on the country’s new rulers to reopen schools for girls beyond sixth grade

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots - U.N. agencies

Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022