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A United Nations vehicle was targeted in a bombing Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul, and initial reports indicate at least one foreign citizen was killed. CBC | World News
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At least 62 killed in Afghanistan mosque bombing
Blasts in a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers killed at least 62 men who had gathered for worship, local officials said. CBC | World News
Read More »Pilots REFUSE to fly rejected asylum seekers back to Afghanistan – 200 flights grounded
GERMAN pilots grounded over 200 flights after refusing to be involved in the deportations of failed asylum-seekers, it’s been reported. Twitter users have been very vocal on the subject with one stating the world had “gone mad”. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »9 dead after suicide bombing in Afghanistan targets political meeting
A suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital near a meeting of supporters of an influential regional leader on Thursday killed at least nine people and wounded many, the interior ministry says. CBC | World News
Read More »ICC war-crimes prosecutor seeks investigation into Afghanistan conflict
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says she’s seeking approval to open a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, in a case that could examine the role of U.S. forces abroad. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 63 killed in separate bombings in Afghanistan
Suicide bombers struck two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shia mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor province, killing at least 63 people at the end of a particularly deadly week for the troubled nation. CBC | World News
Read More »Freed hostage Joshua Boyle on why he went to Afghanistan and what his kidnappers wanted
In an interview with CBC News, Joshua Boyle describes his kidnappers’ apparent motives, the conditions of his confinement with his family and the final moments of their rescue on Wednesday, five years after being taken hostage in Afghanistan by a Taliban-linked militant group. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump’s Afghanistan war strategy: A ‘realistic but undefined’ policy U-turn
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a new tone on the war in Afghanistan on Monday — not pulling out, but digging in. It’s a strategy not meant to immediately win the costly, complicated war, but to buy time to try and stabilize the situation and find a way out, experts say. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump makes only move he can on Afghanistan
Even though his administration mused openly about turning the Afghan war over to well-connected private security contractors, U.S. President Donald Trump did pretty much the only thing he could do on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump vows U.S. will ‘fight to win’ in Afghanistan but offers no details
Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, U.S. President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan but offered no details about his plan. CBC | World News
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