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An Afghan official says an overnight fire that began at a gas station in the Afghan capital and spread to a nearby apartment complex has killed three people and injured 44 others.
Taliban militants have killed several Afghan security forces in fresh attacks on several security checkpoints in the northern Sar-e-Pul Province, according to officials.
Afghanistan's election authorities say they have decided to delay a presidential election by three months to July 20 due to delays in registration and ongoing technical issues.
Afghanistan's election authorities are considering delaying a presidential election scheduled for April 2019, an official said, due to delays in registration and ongoing technical issues.
Afghan officials say at least 43 people were killed after militants stormed government offices in the eastern part of the capital Kabul, triggering an hours-long gun battle.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced that the former head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) Assadullah Khalid is to be the country's defense minister and Amrullah Saleh, also a former intelligence chief, is to be interior minister.
Afghan farmers are being encouraged to drop opium poppy production for saffron, sometimes known as "red gold" because of the spice's high price. International aid organizations are supporting the effort, in the hope of reducing the country's massive illicit opium exports.
Afghan government negotiators have arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join U.S.-brokered talks with the Taliban, as efforts intensify to negotiate an end to Afghanistan's 17-year war.
FIFA has temporarily suspended the head of Afghanistan's Football Federation (AFF) over alleged physical and sexual abuse of players on the country's women's football team.
At least 31 people were killed in insurgent attacks across Kabul, Kunduz, and Kandahar provinces on December 11, Afghan officials say.
Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has declared that all votes cast in Kabul Province during the country’s October parliamentary election are invalid.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by coaches against members of the country's national soccer team. His move comes after a former team captain alleged two coaches harassed players at a training camp in Jordan.
A top commander of the Afghan Taliban has been killed in the southern province of Helmand.
Twelve-year-old Ada from the Afghan capital, Kabul, polishes shoes to support her siblings and her parents who cannot work because of poor health. She is one of an estimated 1.9 million child laborers in Afghanistan.
Afghan authorities have released on bail a militia leader accused of human rights abuses following days of violent demonstrations over his detention.
At least 20 Afghan police officers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in the western province of Farah, officials say.
Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the detention of a Shi'ite Hazara militia commander have clashed with police in the Afghan capital.
An explosion inside a mosque at an Afghan military base in the volatile eastern province of Khost has killed at least 27 people and wounded 50, officials say.
A suicide bombing at a meeting of Afghan religious clerics in Kabul has killed at least 40 people, officials says.
Afghan police officers who have lost legs in the line of duty have returned to their unit to fight the Taliban in Uruzgan Province. But some officers say they haven't been paid their salaries or received any medical support.
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