The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

‘They beat girls just for smiling’: life in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban’s return

Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperate

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Photographer Fatimah Hossaini: ‘In Kabul, there was so much hope and desire’

The Afghan-Iranian artist narrowly escaped from Kabul to Paris last August, as the Taliban took over. She talks about the terror of that time, why she still longs for home, and her work photographing Afghan women in exile

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Embassy intact, India ups Kabul work

Technical team which reopened mission in June found ammunition and all equipment intact

The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast in Afghanistan's capital

The Islamic State militant group claimed on Friday responsibility for a blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the group said on its telegram channel.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Blast hits Afghanistan's capital Kabul - official

An explosion in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday killed at least two people and left three wounded, police said.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022

Anti-U.S. protests erupt in Afghanistan

Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a U.S. drone strike that Washington says killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri this month.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

We visited a Taliban leader's compound to examine his vision for Afghanistan

On the day a U.S. drone strike killed the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, NPR sat down for an interview with the man in charge of the country's defense.

WEKU · Aug 5, 2022

Taliban say they were unaware of al-Qaida leader’s presence in Kabul

Top Taliban officials didn’t know al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan, a spokesman said, and an investigation is underway to check the veracity of U.S. claims he was killed in an American airstrike in the capital Kabul over the weekend.

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

How could a secret Hellfire missile kill Ayman al-Zawahiri without leaving a scratch on his house or family?

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022