The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

Taliban reportedly releases two Americans from Afghanistan including filmmaker Ivor Shearer

Filmmaker was arrested in August while filming in Kabul

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

‘We lost our baby’: Afghan refugee suffers miscarriage in hotel while waiting for permanent home

Muhammad Nasir said he and his wife didn’t know how to get medical help

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022

Best films of 2022 in the UK: No 4 – Flee

An immensely powerful, humanising documentary about one Afghan’s escape from 1980s Kabul, made all the more thrilling and suspenseful through its animation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022

China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack

China advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country "as soon as possible," following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.

WEKU · Dec 13, 2022

Kabul hotel attack: 3 killed and others injured as ISIS storm building in 'bomb vests'

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, saying its regional affiliate, ISIS-K, targeted Chinese nationals as well as Taliban members

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Attack on Chinese diplomats, executives in Afghanistan: ISIS claims responsibility

KABUL: An Islamic State offshoot took credit for an attack at a Kabul hotel popular with Chinese diplomats and businessmen, the first attack targeting citizens from one of the few countries with good ties with the Taliban since it came to power last year.

The Times of India · Dec 13, 2022

5 Chinese Nationals Wounded in Kabul Hotel Attack

Five Chinese nationals were wounded in an attack on a hotel in central Kabul on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by ISIS, prompted China to lodge representations with Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration, Wang told a regular news briefing.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

Five Chinese citizens badly injured in Kabul attack, businessman says

Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital said on Tuesday, as local authorities kept the premises sealed.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly Kabul hotel attack

The Islamic State group claimed on Monday responsibility for an attack on a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, the group said on its channel on Telegram.

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul hotel attack -group on Telegram

Islamic State claimed on Monday responsibility for an attack on a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, the group said on its channel on Telegram.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022