Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded. CBC | ...
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Federal government looked into airlifts to bring 12,000 Afghans to Canada after Kabul fell
Nearly a year after it closed its embassy in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in 2021, the federal government was trying to plan flights out of the country to bring in an estimated 12,000 Afghans it believed were “current and future” clients of Immigration Canada, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »Suicide attack on Shia mosque in Kabul kills at least 30 worshippers, police say
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s capital as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least 30 people as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers, officials said. CBC | World News
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