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Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning on November 3 to honor the 22 people killed in an attack a day earlier on Kabul University, which was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
The challenges of providing education for girls in Afghanistan’s rural regions, some of which are under the control of Taliban militants.
Ambulances raced the wounded to hospital in the Afghan capital after a deadly attack on Kabul University. At least 19 people were killed and 22 were injured when gunmen stormed the campus on November 2 as it reportedly hosted an Afghan-Iranian book fair.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul University that killed at least 22 people.
Three successful Afghan women -- a model, a musician, and a poet -- say they won't accept restrictions on their rights as part of any peace agreement negotiated with the Taliban.
As Afghan government and Taliban negotiators try to broker a peace deal in Doha, RFE/RL's Gandhara is asking Afghans: "What's at stake for you in the Afghan peace talks?" For Ahoo Shahidi, it's all about the freedom of pursuing her passion as a tattoo artist.
A car bomb attack on an Afghan police base and an ongoing gun battle have killed three people and wounded dozens in a city bordering Pakistan, officials said on October 27.
Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior Al-Qaeda leader who was also wanted by the United States.
Local officials say at least 23 Afghan soldiers were killed late on October 22 when Taliban militants overran their security outpost in the southwestern Nimruz Province.
Afghan officials say 12 children were killed and several others were wounded in an air strike on a mosque in the northern Takhar Province.
At least 15 people were killed and 10 injured in a stampede that occurred inside a football stadium in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province, where thousands had gathered on October 20 to secure visas from the Pakistani consulate, officials said on October 21.
A vehicle laden with explosives detonated outside government buildings in the city of Firoz Koh, the capital of Afghanistan's Ghor Province, on October 18. More than a dozen people were killed and at least 100 wounded in the attack. Afghan authorities believe the Taliban was behind the blast.
More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after a car bomb was set off outside a local police headquarters in Ghor in central Afghanistan.
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh has been put in charge of the security situation in the capital amid a rise in crime that has caused an outcry among residents.
The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan says he has struck an agreement with the Taliban to reduce the number of casualties in the country as a wave of violence hampered ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar.
Concerns are rising for the fate of tens of thousands of civilians caught up in battles between the Afghan government forces and the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says two of its helicopters have crashed in the southern province of Helmand due to "technical issues," killing nine people aboard.
An Afghan official says thousands of families have been forced to flee fighting in the southern province of Helmand, an area that has become a battleground between Taliban militants and government forces.
U.S. forces have come to the aid of the Afghan Army in the southern Helmand Province, striking at Taliban fighters who had attacked government security forces in the area in recent days and warning the militants to "immediately stop" their offensive in the area.
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