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Female Afghan TV presenters ‘must cover face on air’

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said yesterday.

Dozens killed as Taliban attack Afghan bases

Militants launches two separate attacks on Afghan security installations killing dozens of soldiers, the latest in a series of devastating assaults this week that have left more than 120 people dead and underscored spiralling insecurity.

Messi meets Afghan boy famed for plastic bag shirt

A six-year-old Afghan boy, who shot to Internet fame by sporting a Lionel Messi shirt made out of a plastic bag, fulfills his dreams by meeting the Argentine soccer great.

Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.

Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide bomber 'kills nine'

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

Afghan police officer drugs and kills 10 colleagues

An Afghan policeman, suspected of collaborating with insurgents, drug and then shoot dead 10 of his colleagues in the southern province of Uruzgan, officials say.

Afghan cross-border fire kills 7 Pakistan soldiers: Military

Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan kill seven Pakistani soldiers at a checkpost in the troubled tribal area of South Waziristan, the army said.

9 die as Afghan militants attack sports match

At least nine people are killed in a militant attack on a sports match in Afghanistan's turbulent eastern Paktika province.

Taliban admit covering up death of Mullah Omar

The Afghan Taliban have confirmed covering up their former leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years.

May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022

Female Afghan TV presenters ‘must cover face on air’

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said yesterday.

October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017

Dozens killed as Taliban attack Afghan bases

Militants launches two separate attacks on Afghan security installations killing dozens of soldiers, the latest in a series of devastating assaults this week that have left more than 120 people dead and underscored spiralling insecurity.

December 14, 2016
December 14, 2016

Messi meets Afghan boy famed for plastic bag shirt

A six-year-old Afghan boy, who shot to Internet fame by sporting a Lionel Messi shirt made out of a plastic bag, fulfills his dreams by meeting the Argentine soccer great.

June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016

Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide bomber 'kills nine'

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

Afghan police officer drugs and kills 10 colleagues

An Afghan policeman, suspected of collaborating with insurgents, drug and then shoot dead 10 of his colleagues in the southern province of Uruzgan, officials say.

October 27, 2015
October 27, 2015

Afghan cross-border fire kills 7 Pakistan soldiers: Military

Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan kill seven Pakistani soldiers at a checkpost in the troubled tribal area of South Waziristan, the army said.

September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015

9 die as Afghan militants attack sports match

At least nine people are killed in a militant attack on a sports match in Afghanistan's turbulent eastern Paktika province.

August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015

Taliban admit covering up death of Mullah Omar

The Afghan Taliban have confirmed covering up their former leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

Afghanistan's strongman vice-president fights off Taliban ambush

Taliban ambush on Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum's convoy on a remote highway is successfully beaten back.