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- Pakistan Appoints New Special Envoy For Afghanistan
Pakistan has appointed a new envoy to Afghanistan in a fresh bid to ease tense bilateral relations.
Radio Liberty. Sat, 06 Jun 2020 10:45:27 +0000. - Afghan War Casualty Report: June 2020
At least 28 pro-government forces and 33 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.
Fahim Abed. New York Times. Thu, 04 Jun 2020 17:32:48 +0000. - Afghans condemn killing of prominent cleric in mosque blast
Afghan leaders and ordinary citizens condemned on Wednesday the killing of a prominent cleric in a bomb attack at a mosque in the heavily fortified diplomatic quarter of the capital, Kabul. ...
Yahoo. Wed, 03 Jun 2020 06:41:15 -0400. - Afghanistan: Two killed in bomb attack inside Kabul mosque
Explosives placed inside mosque in Kabul's fortified Green Zone; at least two people wounded.
Al Jazeera. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:24:32 GMT. - Suicide bomber injures at least three in Kabul mosque compound
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a large mosque compound near a high-security diplomatic district in Kabul on Tuesday, government officials said, adding that at least three people were injured in the blast.
Reuters. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:43:40 -0400. - Ben Roberts-Smith involved in seven unlawful killings, new witness statements allege
Victoria Cross recipient was involved in two more unlawful deaths in Afghanistan in 2012, fresh witness statements allege.
Adam Cooper. Sydney Morning Herald. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:05:51 +1000. - Rep. Banks launches bid for RSC chairman
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), an Afghanistan war veteran and President Trump ally, launched his bid Thursday to become the next chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, the largest GOP caucus on Capitol ...
Scott Wong. The Hill. Thu, 28 May 2020 16:00:16 +0000. - Coronavirus: How the US death toll came to hit 100,000
United States has lost nearly as many people to Covid-19 as Americans killed in the Vietnam, Korean, Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined, writes Alex Woodward
Alex Woodward. The Independent. Wed, 27 May 2020 17:06:00 GMT. - Afghan Journalists Demand Press Freedom Assurances in Kabul, Taliban Talks
Dialogue must include protections for press freedom, rights for female journalists in Afghanistan, local rights groups say.
Voice of America. Fri, 22 May 2020 01:47:18 -0400. - Coronavirus: Sleepless nights for doctors in a war zone
People in Afghanistan dared to hope for peace, but they are now fighting both violence and the virus.
BBC News. Wed, 20 May 2020 23:40:58 GMT. - Three women with unborn babies among 11 mothers killed in attack
Three women in the delivery room with their unborn babies were among 11 mothers killed in an attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul last week, a charity has said.
Sky News. Wed, 20 May 2020 22:29:00 +0100. - Baby SURVIVES after being shot twice in ISIS maternity ward massacre
Three gunmen entered the building in the Afghan capital Kabul before throwing grenades and opening fire with rifles on Tuesday. Pictured: The surviving newborn after being operated on.
Daily Mail. Fri, 15 May 2020 15:18:45 +0100.
Facts About Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous country
which is located in south central Asia. Its capital city is Kabul,
and its national currency is the Afghani.
In 2007, Afghanistan's estimated population was 31,890,000, and the
primary languages used in Afghanistan are Dari and Pashto.
For more news and information about Afghanistan, visit this official Afghanistan government website.