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Afghan officials say at least 22 people have been killed -- including civilians and members of the Afghan security forces -- by a bomb that exploded at an election campaign rally for a woman who is running for parliament in the northeast of the country.
At least 10 members of Afghanistan's security forces have been killed in clashes with the Taliban in the central province of Wardak, officials say.
Officials say at least 13 people are dead and dozens injured in a suspected suicide attack at a campaign rally in eastern Afghanistan.
Campaigning for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections kicked off on September 28 despite a wave of deadly violence across the country and allegations of fraud.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss peace and security between the two neighbors.
The death toll from a suicide attack on a protest gathering in eastern Afghanistan has soared to 68, officials said.
At least 32 people have been killed and around 130 wounded in a suicide attack on a gathering of protesters in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
Taliban militants have reportedly killed dozens of Afghan security forces in fresh attacks on several government targets.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near a procession in the Afghan capital commemorating the death of a revered resistance leader that killed at least seven people.
Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a procession in Kabul commemorating the death of a revered resistance leader, injuring at least two people.
Twin bombings at a wrestling training center in a predominately Shi’ite neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital has killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 others, the Interior Ministry says.
The governor of Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan says Afghan security forces have recaptured a strategic district from Taliban fighters who have controlled the area in recent weeks.
A Tajik or Russian plane carried out an air strike on August 26 in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar Province after clashes erupted near Tajikistan’s border, Afghan officials said on August 27.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has rejected the resignations of three senior security officials in his cabinet, after the country’s national security adviser stepped down and was replaced, his office says.
Afghan officials say three gunmen have been killed in central Kabul after they fired a barrage of rockets while President Ashraf Ghani was making a speech to mark the start of the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday.
Several explosions were heard in the diplomatic district of the Afghan capital Kabul on August 21, but there was no immediate information on casualties, police say.
As millions of Afghans prepare to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha this week, insecurity is preventing hundreds of university students in the capital, Kabul, from joining their families in remote restive regions across the country.
Afghan officials say government security forces on August 20 freed 149 people who had been taken hostage by the Taliban several hours earlier in the northern province of Kunduz.
A suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan has killed three Czech members of NATO's Resolute Support force.
Afghan police said at least 25 people have been killed in suicide bombings at a Shi’ite mosque in southeastern Afghanistan.
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