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  • Zakia MohammadiPicture: Zakia Mohammadi/Facebook.

    Afghan paragliders soar through Kabul's skies

    Zakia Mohammadi is one of many women entering areas such as sports in the conservative Muslim society.

    2433 days ago
  • FILE: The surgeon ticked off parliamentarians, business directors and other “rich people” among his clients, who got their ideas online or during trips abroad and were prepared to pay thousands of dollars for cosmetic surgery. Picture: Freeimages.com.

    Afghan surgeon earns from rich to help pay for treating poor

    Many of Abdul Ghafar Ghayur’s poor patients arrive with late stage illnesses and require urgent attention.

    2448 days ago
  • Graphic charting civilian casualties in Afghanistan.

    The toll of the Afghanistan conflict

    The toll of the Afghanistan conflict

    2479 days ago
  • Afghan residents and relatives stands over the bodies of victims after a gunfight broke out at a wedding party at Deh Salah district of Baghlan Province on 27 July 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Gunmen attack Afghan wedding party, killing 21

    Insurgent activity has increased in the province over the past year and private militias have proliferated.

    2489 days ago
  • Afghan security personnel take position at the site of an attack in front of the parliament building in Kabul on 22 June 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Afghan govt to meet Taliban in official talks

    The tentative step toward full peace negotiations is aimed at ending over 13 years of war.

    2509 days ago
  • A Nato soldier points a weapon towards an Afghan man following a suicide car bomb attack that targeted foreign military vehicles in the Afghan capital Kabul on 30 June 2015. Picture: AFP.

    17 injured in attack on Nato troops in Kabul

    This was the second major attack in Kabul since the start of Ramadan.

    2517 days ago
  • FILE: An Afghan soldier holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher following an attack by Taliban militants on the Afghan intelligence service office in Jalalabad on 30 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan

    The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the police compound in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

    2546 days ago
  • FILE: Empty bullet shells lying at the scene a day after an attack by Taliban militants on foreign aid workers, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 30 November 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Rocket hits Afghanistan school, killing 3

    Four other people were injured in Sunday's attack in Logar and it was so far unclear who was responsible.

    2547 days ago
  • FILE: Afghan soldiers. Picture: AFP.

    Taliban gunmen killed after attack in Kabul

    No casualties other than the attackers were reported.

    2551 days ago
  • FILE: A standoff with police ended about five hours later as ambulances raced out of the area. Picture: AFP.

    Attack on guest house in Afghan capital kills at least five

    A standoff with police ended about five hours later as ambulances raced out of the area.

    2564 days ago
  • A screengrab taken from a video in which Al-Qaeda hostage Warren Weinstein, 72, urges President Barack Obama to help him.

    Obama: American, Italian hostages inadvertently killed in US operation

    US government sources said the operations involved drone strikes.

    2584 days ago
  • FILE: Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad on 9 April 2014. Picture: AFP

    Afghan suicide bomb blast kills 33, over 100 injured

    Police are investigating whether there was a 2nd explosion after people rushed to the scene to help.

    2590 days ago
  • The US would maintain a force of 9,800 until the end of 2015 while sticking to a 2017 exit plan. Picture: AFP.

    Obama slows withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan

    The US would maintain a force of 9,800 until the end of 2015 while sticking to a 2017 exit plan.

    2614 days ago
  • FILE: Soldiers of the 4th brigade combat team 4th infantry division of the U.S. Army clean a mortar range at the Forward Operating Base Joyce, in the Kunar province of Afghanistan. Picture: AFP.

    US pledges to keep funding Afghans amid calls to pullout

    The announcement by US Defense Secretary Ash Carter came ahead of talks at the White House on Tuesday.

    2615 days ago
  • Independent Afghan civil society activist women and relatives wail at the grave-side of Afghan woman Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob, during her funeral at the cemetery in Kabul on 22 March, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    26 arrested for Afghan woman’s brutal murder

    A mob beat the woman, before tossing her off a bridge, setting her body on fire and throwing it in the river.

    2615 days ago
  • FILE: New Zealand's Kane Williamson during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Picture: AFP.

    NZ ease through with win over Afghans

    New Zealand are through to the World Cup quarterfinals after a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan

    2630 days ago
  • The Australian team leaves the ground after defeating Afghanistan in the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A match in Perth on 4 March, 2015. Picture: AFP

    Australia crush Afghanistan with record score

    Australia flexed their batting muscles to rack up the highest ever World Cup total.

    2635 days ago
  • Bangladesh players celebrate beating Afghanistan in the pool A 2015 Cricket World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Canberra on February 18, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    #CWC15: Afghan World Cup debut ends in loss to Bangladesh

    A three-wicket blitz at the start of their innings knocked out Afghanistan on their World Cup debut.

    2649 days ago
  • A wounded Afghan woman (C) is brought to the hospital in Helmand province early on 1 January, 2015 after a rocket fired during fighting between Afghan forces and insurgents killed at least 15 wedding guests late on 31 December. Picture: AFP

    Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians

    The move will test the readiness of 350,000 Afghan forces who will bear responsibility for fighting.

    2697 days ago
  • The unrest in Afghanistan

    The unrest in Afghanistan

    The unrest in Afghanistan

    2700 days ago
  • Afghan National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar (R) shakes hands with US Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham (L) before they sign documents to allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on 30 September 2014. Picture: AFP.

    US-led mission in Afghanistan ends combat role

    Since 2001, nearly 3,500 foreign soldiers have died in the Afghan war, including around 2,200 Americans.

    2701 days ago
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