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A suicide bomber struck a packed education center in the Afghan capital on September 30, as students worked on a practice university entrance exam.
A suicide bombing struck an education center in a Shi'ite neighborhood of the Afghan capital on September 30, killing 20 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief said.
Many Afghans are no longer willing to eat out, as many have stopped going to restaurants because of Taliban harassment. The militants mainly target couples, often demanding that they prove they are married.
The Taliban has released U.S. engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Washington freeing a senior Taliban figure.
Following the unexpected closure of girls' schools in an eastern Afghan province that had only recently reopened, Afghans have demonstrated their support for girls' education on the streets and online.
Amnesty International says its initial investigation validates the authenticity of videos shared on social media depicting what appears to be extrajudicial executions carried out by the Taliban of members of a resistance group operating mainly out of the Panjshir Valley.
The United Nations says it is "gravely concerned" by video that appears to show Taliban militants executing captured members of an Afghan resistance group.
Dozens of girls protested in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia Province on September 10 after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed.
Afghan Finance Ministry employees who want to keep their jobs under the Taliban are being subjected to a test that gauges their knowledge of Islam. Sources say the ministry is handing out booklets that outline its take on Islam and then quizzing employees.
Turkey has deported nearly 43,000 Afghans this year despite calls by the international community to protect Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. On their return, many deportees face a dire economic and humanitarian crisis and possible retribution under the Taliban.
A large explosion was reported near the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on September 5.
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the Russian Embassy in Kabul that killed at least six people, including two embassy employees.
In an online video, a young Afghan woman has claimed that a Taliban official beat, raped, and forcibly married her. The Taliban official has rejected the claims. But rights groups have accused Taliban fighters of forcibly marrying Afghan girls and women since seizing power last year.
A blast outside a mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat has killed a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric and more than 20 others attending Friday Prayers.
Flash floods have struck eastern and southern Afghanistan in recent weeks, killing hundreds of people and exacerbating the country's devastating economic and humanitarian crisis.
Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 22 people and injured 80 others, swept away homes, and destroyed livestock and agricultural land, officials and villagers said August 21.
After a year of being denied the right to go to school under the Taliban, the caged existence of Afghan girls comes to life in their drawings and diary entries. RFE/RL's Radio Azadi presents a collection of images and personal thoughts sent by girls from telling a story of broken hearts and dreams.
A year after Taliban forces entered Kabul and seized control of the Afghan capital, questions remain about what exactly happened. The accounts of three key players offer differing perspectives.
The mass exodus of Afghan professionals since the Taliban takoever has depleted the skilled workforce that Afghanistan had steadily built up over two decades as it recovered from its last major "brain drain" brought on by war and insecurity.
A prominent Hanafi cleric and supporter of the Taliban has been killed in an explosion in Kabul, a spokesman for the Taliban-led government said on August 11.
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