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A senior border commander from the Afghan National Army has been killed in an explosion in southern Helmand Province, Afghan officials said.
Thousands of supporters of Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have marched in Kabul in a rally the organizers said was aimed at condemning and preventing electoral fraud.
Fake uniforms and military accessories are being bought and sold at markets in the Afghan capital, Kabul. It's feared some such uniforms are being used by criminals and terrorists in Afghanistan to infiltrate targets.
Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency says it has released two activists who helped expose an alleged pedophile ring operating in the country's schools, a scandal that has sparked national outrage.
President Ashraf Ghani’s office says the Afghan leader has discussed the government's seven-point peace plan in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, who insisted on a cease-fire as a "precondition" to begin negotiations with the Taliban.
The U.S. military says two of its service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
At least four Afghan National Army soldiers were wounded on November 18 in two explosions that targeted the Kabul Military Training Center, police and the interior minister told the Associated Press.
Afghans who can't afford doctors, can't reach one easily, or don't trust them often opt for a visit to a bonesetter. These traditional practitioners offer low-cost treatment for breaks, sprains, and other injuries. But some doctors say patients who use them are putting themselves in danger.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government is ready to release three key Taliban prisoners including Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani network, in exchange for two professors of the American University of Afgahnistan in Kabul.
Three Afghan judges and an administrative officer have been ambushed and shot dead while they were traveling from the southeastern province of Paktia to Kabul, officials say.
Afghan and Pakistani security forces have clashed along the countries' disputed border, leaving at least three civilians dead, Afghan officials said.
Afghan children must have IDs to go to school. And each family must have a permanent residence in order to get their IDs. Many members of the Jogi minority, a formerly nomadic people, have neither, and are unable to vote, own land, or attend school.
Afghanistan's acting foreign minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, has resigned his post.
A top Afghan presidential contender has complained after two police officers slept in an election data center in Kabul where results from last month's first round of presidential polls are being collated -- supposedly to escape chilly weather.
At least 62 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an explosion during Friday Prayers at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The family of a slain Afghan soldier comes to terms with their sudden loss.
Students around the world honored their favorite mentors on World Teacher's Day, October 5. In Afghanistan, teaching is a profession that barely provides enough to survive but Mohammad Alam still gives lessons with enthusiasm.
At least 10 civilians, including a child, were killed after explosives placed in a rickshaw blew up next to a bus carrying Afghan army recruits in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province, an official said on October 7.
In 2014, Taliban militants kidnapped 25-year-old Reza Khoshnood Khurami and cut off parts of two of his fingers that were stained with ink from a polling station. This September, Khurami went to vote again, determined not to be intimidated by the brutal attack.
A Taliban attack on a district headquarters in Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province has killed at least 11 police officers, Afghan officials say.
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