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The Afghan Health Ministry says the number of people killed in an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in the capital Kabul, has risen to 28, up from 20.
A senior Afghan health official says at least 20 people were killed after militants stormed a Shi'ite mosque in the capital, Kabul, in an attack claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS).
In an address to the nation, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has hailed the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and called on neighboring Pakistan to change its approach toward his country, saying an unstable Afghanistan does not benefit anyone.
Security forces are on high alert across Afghanistan, as the country marks the 98th anniversary of its independence from Britain.
The Taliban has shot dead at least seven Afghan police officers who were captured by the militant group during fighting in the northern province of Sari Pul, a local official said.
An Afghan hospital official says at least 33 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, many of them critically, by a suicide bomber and gunman who attacked a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in the western city of Herat on August 1.
Afghan officials say two victims were killed by an attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul that was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility for a July 31 attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul that killed two local employees.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says 26 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Kandahar, although other government officials said the death toll was at least 30.
Six Afghan girls who were earlier denied visas to attend a Washington, D.C., robotics competition have met with U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, in Washington.
Afghan troops have recaptured a district from Taliban militants in the volatile southern province of Helmand, a government official said.
A blast destroyed a school in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz Province on July 15, Afghan officials said.
Six Afghan girls have received U.S. visas and are set to fly to Washington after President Donald Trump intervened to allow them into the United States for an international robotics competition.
Six Afghan civilians have been wounded in a clash between rival local militia factions in the northern province of Kunduz, a government official said.
Six civilians were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's western Farah province, officials said on July 5.
Afghan officials say at least four Afghan civilians were killed early on July 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in the southern province of Kandahar.
Afghan officials say at least 13 militants, including five Islamic State (IS) fighters were killed in air strikes across the country in the past 24 hours.
Afghan officials said 10 security forces were killed by Taliban militants in an attack on a checkpoint at the Salma Dam in the western part of the country.
Thirty-four people have been killed and 58 others wounded in a car bomb outside a bank in the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor’s office said.
Authorities in Kabul have demolished a tent erected to protest insecurity in the Afghan capital, sparking street clashes that left at least one demonstrator dead.
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