Afghanistan

Taliban announces three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan

Truce announcement comes after government said it would also halt its operations

9 June 2018

Afghanistan

Friend or foe? Young Afghans talk Taliban, US, war, and the future

What do young Afghans think about their country?

30 May 2018

Afghanistan

Forget drugs and booze, young Afghans risk their parents' wrath — by going to the gym

In conservative Afghan society, women are secondary to men, and female participation in sport — including at female-only fitness clubs — is frowned upon.

21 May 2018

Afghanistan

Many killed in Afghan blast

Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a blast at an Afghan mosque as people gathered after afternoon prayers.

6 May 2018

Pakistan

Malala returns to Britain after visiting homeland

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan for London after a four-day whirlwind visit back to her homeland — her first since militants nearly killed her in 2012 over her blog advocating girls' education.

2 April 2018

Pakistan

Malala returns home for first time since she was shot by Taliban in 2012

Youngest-ever Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has returned home to the Swat Valley in Pakistan for first time since she was shot there by the Taliban in 2012.

31 March 2018

Pakistan

Nobel winner Malala visits Pakistan home region where she was shot

Malala Yousafzai has visited her home town in Pakistan’s Swat Valley for the first time since being shot by the Taliban in 2012.

31 March 2018

World News

Taliban factions interested in pursuing peace talks, says Mattis

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says sections of Taliban are open to talks with Afghan government during inpromptu trip to the country.

13 March 2018

Afghanistan

Hope for peace in Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group

28 February 2018

Afghanistan

Why has Afghanistan seen so many attacks in the last week?

At least four large-scale attacks rocked Afghanistan in January, leaving scores injured, with two in the last week. Experts told Euronews what could have caused this hike in violence.

29 January 2018

Afghanistan

New attack in Kabul raises spectre of security collapse

Taliban and ISIL believed to be competing to lead the fightback against new US offensive, and civilians and the security forces are paying the price.

29 January 2018

Afghanistan

More blasts rock beleaguered Afghan capital

Explosions were heard in the early hours of Monday morning close to the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul. This latest incident comes just two days after a deadly ambulance attack in the city.

29 January 2018

World News

Afghanistan mourns Kabul ambulance bomb

Saturday's Kabul bombing death toll rises to 103, with 235 wounded.

28 January 2018

World News

Suicide bombing rocks Kabul

Scores killed and more than 150 wounded following deadly Taliban bombing in Afghan capital.

27 January 2018

Canada

Canada: former hostage Joshua Boyle arrested

Held captive by a Taliban-linked group for almost five years, Boyle faces several charges, including forcible confinement.

3 January 2018

Pakistan

Pakistan Taliban in deadly attack on farming college

At least nine people have been killed and dozens more hurt in an attack on a college by Pakistani Taliban gunmen.

1 December 2017

Pakistan

North American family rescued by Pakistani troops

13 October 2017

Afghanistan

Car bombing kills 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand province

Second car bombing strikes Helmand just days after similar blast in Lashkar Gah

28 August 2017

Afghanistan

Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Afghanistan

Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Afghanistan

2 August 2017

Afghanistan

Afghan children 'abducted for training as suicide bombers'

11 July 2017