Life After Sexual Slavery In Afghanistan
Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabul's underground bacha bazi, or "boy play" ...
Tag: Kabul
Afghans Suffer Deadliest Ramadan Since 2001
Afghanistan has suffered its deadliest Ramadan since the US-led invasion in 2001 with over 200 killed and hundreds wounded, according ...
War-Hit Afghanistan Ecstatic Over Cricket Test Status
Cricket-mad Afghanistan was euphoric after being awarded Test match status, a rare glimmer of good news amid rising insecurity, though ...
Afghanistan’s ‘hill of Widows’ Live In A World Apart
The first women settled on this stony slope outside Kabul in the 1990s hoping to escape the stigma those like ...
Afghan Taliban Release New Video of US, Australian Hostages
An American and an Australian have appeared in a second Taliban hostage video, nearly a year after they were kidnapped ...
Gunmen Kill Eight Afghan Guards At Largest US Base
Gunmen have killed eight Afghan guards working at the largest American base in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as the US ...
Protester Killed In Street Clashes Near Kabul Bombing Site
Kabul authorities Tuesday demolished a sit-in camp erected to protest spiralling insecurity, triggering street clashes that left at least one ...
New Magazine and TV Channel Give Afghan Women A Cautious Voice
Afghan women are redrawing the media landscape in the deeply conservative country with the launch of a new magazine and ...
10 Militants Killed After Clashes In Faryab Province of Afghan
A total of 10 militants have been killed and 15 others injured as clash erupted in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s ...
UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals
Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called ...
War-Torn Kabul Becomes A Protected Site For Migratory Birds
A rare Afghan marsh that was once a royal hunting ground is set to come under the official protection of ...
Taliban Deputy Leader Insists No Hand In Kabul Attacks
The head of the Taliban-allied Haqqani network has ruled out any involvement in a wave of deadly bombings in Kabul, ...
Afghan Soldier Kills 3 US Service Members
Three US soldiers were killed and another wounded during a joint US-Afghan military operation in Nangarhar Province on Saturday, US ...
Afghan Commando Kills Two US Soldiers
An Afghan commando Saturday killed two American soldiers and wounded two others during a joint operation in eastern Nangarhar province, ...
Kabul Voices Alarm As Anti-Govt Protesters Expand Sit-In Camps
Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps around Kabul, raising security ...
Repatriation of Afghans Slowing As Conditions In Pakistan Improve
The number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan returning to their homeland is expected to decrease this year, UN officials said ...
Last Chance For Peace, Afghan President Warns Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban Tuesday, warning them to embrace peace or "face consequences" after ...
Toll In Last Week’s Kabul Truck Bomb Now Over 150
The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150, ...
Kabul To Host Peace Summit After Week of Deadly Violence
Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings and ...
Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul
At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died ...