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Five-year-old Sayeed Abdul Rahman was just 8 months old when he was shot during fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants. His leg was subsequently amputated. Now, thanks to support from a Red Cross hospital in Kabul, he can walk and dance on a prosthetic limb.
The death toll from a Taliban attack on the offices of an international aid group in Kabul has been raised to at least nine people, Afghan officials say.
Afghan police report a large explosion in the center of the capital, Kabul, near the offices of the attorney general and several international aid groups with operations in the war-torn country.
Taliban fighters attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar Province, killing eight members of the security forces, a local official said.
At least 13 people have been killed in a Taliban attack by the Taliban on a police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e Khumri, officials say.
A report by the United Nations says U.S. and Afghan government forces killed more civilians than Taliban fighters and other militants for the first time during a three-month period since the UN began keeping records on civilian casualties in 2009.
Gunmen attacked the Communications Ministry shortly before midday in the center of the Afghan capital on April 20, officials told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan.
At least seven people have been killed after gunmen attacked the Communications Ministry in the center of the Afghan capital , officials say.
The talks were a significant first step toward finding a negotiated end to the war in Afghanistan and the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops.
The streets of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, were flooded after severe rains that began on April 13. Weeks of heavy downpours have taken a toll on the region, causing deaths and extensive damage from flooding in Iran and Afghanistan.
Torrential rains and flooding have swept across much of Afghanistan, killing at least five people, destroying and damaging hundreds of houses, and sweeping away livestock, officials say.
Decades of conflict and a recent severe drought have left many Afghans unable to provide enough food for their families. RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan spoke to people in Kabul who struggle with hunger every day.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords, said there is "no doubt" neighboring Pakistan supports the Afghan Taliban.
Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah says he will boycott a planned meeting of nearly 2,500 Afghan politicians and tribal, ethnic, and religious leaders aimed at discussing negotiations with the Taliban.
The Afghan government says talks with the Taliban that were meant to start on April 14 in Qatar have been rescheduled to begin five days later.
An Afghan official says twin explosions in the country's east have killed at least three people and wounded 10 others.
Samiullah, a 12-year-old from Faryab Province, lost both legs in a land mine explosion while carrying water to help his family. He's just one of thousands of Afghan mine victims, and their numbers are rising steeply as the conflict with Taliban militants drags on.
In an interview to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan on April 1 in Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy seeking a peace deal with the Taliban, said there was is a "chance and readiness for peace." (Radio Free Afghanistan)
The U.S. envoy seeking a peace deal with the Taliban has played down recent tensions with the Western-backed Kabul government, telling RFE/RL that he hopes 2019 will be the "year of peace."
An Afghan official says the Taliban killed at least eight members of the country's security forces after attacking a checkpoint in the northern Balkh Province.
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