Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber exploded himself near the diplomatic quarter in the Afghan capital -Kabul on Tuesday, causing casualties, Xinhua said. The attack occurred in front of Qazi Plaza, a shopping centre, along the Hamid Karzai International…

A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday. "A moderate intensity earthquake occurred at 3.40 a.m. today," an official of the local MET department here told.…

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reported. The epicentre of the quake was recorded at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region, according to the Pakistan…

All seven Taliban militants who staged a spectacular attack on the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Monday were killed in a gun battle with security forces that also left 21 people wounded. Kabul Police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told the…

Kabul/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS): Four Indians were among 14 people killed in a suspected Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul overnight on Wednesday, an Indian embassy source said on Thursday. “Four Indians,…

Ten Taliban militants have surrendered in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. "A 10-member group of Taliban militants renounced violence and joined the peace and reconciliation process in Jilga district late…

Parades were held all across Australia on Saturday marking the completion of a military operation in Afghanistan, launched against the deadly September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US. 'Operation Slipper' began in 2001 and has…

India has asked the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, to act against the terrorist outfit active in Afghanistan with a sense of urgency asserting a big security threat to the nation. Reiterating its commitment to "stay the course"…

England defeated debutants Afghanistan by nine wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method in an inconsequential and rain-marred cricket World Cup Pool A match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Friday. Rain halted the…

New Zealand bowled out Afghanistan for 186 and overhauled the target with six wickets to spare in a cricket World Cup Pool A match at McLean Park in Napier on Sunday. Veteran left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori(4/18) and pacer Trent Boult…