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  Afghanistan: 9 killed in Kabul explosion

  World | December 20, 2020 14:11 IST

  At least nine people killed and 15 others injured after an explosion rocked Kabul on Sunday, police in the Afghan capital confirmed.

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  Earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hits Afghanistan's Kabul

  World | October 28, 2020 21:30 IST

  An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan's capital city Kabul at 4:18 pm on Wednesday.

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  Suicide bombing in Kabul kills ten, including children

  World | October 24, 2020 20:37 IST

  A suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least ten people and wounded 20 others, including school children, the interior ministry said.

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  Earthquake tremors felt in Afghanistan's Kabul

  World | September 24, 2020 6:56 IST

  An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan early on Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremors were felt 237km NNE of Kabul, at 05:33:10 IST.

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  14 rockets hit Kabul on Afghan Independence Day, 10 hurt

  World | August 18, 2020 19:17 IST

  Fourteen rockets hit a diplomatic district and other neighbourhoods of Kabul on Tuesday injuring a total of 10 people, as Afghanistan marked its 101st Independence Day, a spokesman of the Interior Ministry confirmed.  

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  17 terrorists involved in Kabul bombings held

  World | June 03, 2020 14:51 IST

  The Afghan National Police (ANP) has arrested 17 terrorists involved in a series of bomb attacks in Kabul, the country's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday. 

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  140 stranded Afghan nationals to return home

  News | May 17, 2020 19:56 IST

  As many as 140 Afghan nationals to return home on May 17 from a special flight for Kabul from Pune airport.

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  Islamic State Khorasan chief arrested for plotting Kabul gurdwara attack

  World | April 04, 2020 22:49 IST

  The Afghan security forces today arrested the chief of Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) on charges of orchestrating the attack on Kabul Gurdwara on March 25.

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  Gunman attacks Sikh religious site in Kabul; 4 killed

  World | March 25, 2020 11:44 IST

  Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan’s minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul’s old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said.

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  At least 29 killed, 61 injured in Kabul terror attack

  World | March 07, 2020 6:35 IST

  At least 29 people were killed and 61 others were injured after a terror attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, on the ceremony marking the death anniversary of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Friday. 

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  US makes terms for violence reduction in Afghanistan

  World | February 07, 2020 11:59 IST

  Washington has made several new demands over the reduction in violence plan, informed sources have said. One of the demands is that the reduction in violence should be long-term, 

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  Ghani's close aides slated for top diplomatic missions

  World | January 13, 2020 11:28 IST

   Abdullah has slammed the list, saying: "This is not acceptable for us and, meanwhile, it will not help good governance in Afghanistan-- it is a type of clearing-out and monopolization."

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  19 dead as heavy snow, rain hits Afghanistan

  World | January 13, 2020 11:01 IST

  Heavy snowfall began on Saturday and was expected to continue in at least 21 of the country's 34 provinces while the remaining regions can expect to be hit by heavy rains, particularly in the south, Tamim Azimi, a spokesman for the State Ministry for National Disaster Management told Efe news. Eight people have died in southern Kandahar province after their roofs collapsed in flash floods, Bahir Ahmadi, spokesman for the local government said.

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  Indian-American killed in terrorist attack in Kabul

  India | November 27, 2019 7:12 IST

  “I want to confirm with a heavy heart that a United States citizen, Anil Raj of California, was killed in a terrorist attack on a UN vehicle in Kabul on November 24. There were five other civilians who were injured, including staff,” Pompeo told reporters at a news conference Washington.

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  Pakistan embassy resumes visa for Afghan patients

  World | November 07, 2019 18:03 IST

    The Foreign Office on Sunday issued a statement that said Pakistani diplomats in Kabul were being harassed.

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  Pakistan F-16 fighter jets intercept Delhi-Kabul SpiceJet flight

  India | October 17, 2019 23:48 IST

  ​Pakistan last month scrambled two F-16 jets in its airspace to intercept a SpiceJet plane, assuming it to be a military aircraft, which was heading to Kabul from Delhi with around 120 passengers, a senior government official said.

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  3,300 Afghan civilians killed in 12 months: Govt

  World | September 24, 2019 12:45 IST

  The figures issued by the Ministry of Public Health on Monday however, does not make claims about which military or group is to blame, although it said that the number of those killed in suicide attacks was 460.

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  Explosion rips through wedding in Kabul, 40 dead, more than 100 injured

  News | August 18, 2019 7:56 IST

  An explosion ripped through a wedding party in Afghanistan capital Kabul, leaving 40 people killed and several wounded.

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  Blast in Afghan vice-presidential candidate's office, gunbattle follows

  World | July 28, 2019 21:13 IST

  Kabul Blast: Nasrat Rahimi, the interior ministry spokesman, said the attack targeted the Green Trend party headquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, but denied reports that vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh was wounded in the attack.

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  9 killed, 33 injured in blast outside Kabul University

  World | July 19, 2019 13:20 IST

  Nine people were killed and 33 others sustained injuries as a blast hit the southern gate of Kabul University in Kabul on Friday, news agency Xinhua reported.