Bomb attack near Afghan capital kills influential governor
By Mirwais Harooni and Ahmad Sultan A bomb attack on a mosque in Afghanistan killed the governor of a province south of the capital, Kabul,...
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Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai wins EU human rights prize
By Justyna Pawlak A Pakistani teenage activist shot in the head by the Taliban last year for campaigning for better rights for girls, won the...
Pakistan releases former Taliban second-in-command
By Dylan Welch in Kabul and Maria Golovnina Pakistan on Saturday released former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a man Afghanistan believes could help...
High-profile attacks on women in Afghanistan undermine rights campaign
By Jessica Donati and Mustafa Andalib Taliban fighters have kidnapped a female parliamentarian who was travelling by car through Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province with her...
Suicide bomber kills 30 at policeman’s funeral in Pakistan
By Gul Yusufzai A Taliban suicide bomber killed 30 people at the funeral of a policeman in Pakistan on Thursday, including five senior police officers,...
Mass jail break in Pakistan as Taliban gunmen storm prison
By Saud Mehsud In an operation carried out with military-like precision, Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke 250 prisoners out of...
Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace – police
By Mirwais Harooni Afghan forces put down an early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on...
Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row
By Amena Bakr A fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban’s new Qatar...
Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
By Roberta Rampton and Stephen Brown U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without...
United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
By Mark Felsenthal, Warren Strobel and Hamid Shalizi The United States and the Taliban raised hopes for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to...
