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Kabul airport: 3 killed by gunfire outside terminal building

Kabul airport: 3 killed by gunfire outside terminal building

Three people were killed Monday just outside a terminal at the Kabul International Airport as residents try to flee the country amid the Taliban takeover, a report said. The Wall Street Journal reported that the bodies …

All commercial flights to Kabul airport suspended

All commercial flights to Kabul airport suspended

Commercial flights from Kabul were canceled Monday after chaotic scenes at the airport with thousands looking for a way out after the Taliban re-took power in Afghanistan. "There will be no commercial flights from Hamid Karzai …

U.S. troops fire shots in air at Kabul airport - report

U.S. troops fire shots in air at Kabul airport - report

U.S. troops fired shots into the air and all commercial flights were cancelled at Kabul airport Monday as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching any flight out after the weekend Taliban takeover. Dramatic …

Taliban victory results in new wave of Afghan migration

Taliban victory results in new wave of Afghan migration

Thousands of Afghans are trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Footage from the airport showed chaotic scenes of crowds running in an apparent attempt to catch a flight. Another video showed …

August 15 - day when Taliban takes control of Afghanistan

August 15 - day when Taliban takes control of Afghanistan

Militants of the radical Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) entered Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday, meeting no resistance, and started to take control of governmental offices and police stations, abandoned by pro-government …

Azerbaijani soldiers guarding Kabul airport - MoD

Azerbaijani soldiers guarding Kabul airport - MoD

The peacekeeping unit of the Azerbaijani army, consisting of 120 people, together with the forces of brotherly Turkey, continues to carry out its official duties in order to ensure the security of the Kabul International Airport in …

Afghan rivals to try reaching agreement in Doha again

Afghan rivals to try reaching agreement in Doha again

The Afghan government delegation and representatives of the Taliban terrorist movement (banned in Russia) will hold talks today in Doha, Qatar, a source in the Afghan Ministry for Peace said. The talks will begin on Tuesday …

Erdogan calls for U.S. funding to back Kabul airport mission

Erdogan calls for U.S. funding to back Kabul airport mission

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the United States on Tuesday to meet "conditions" including financial, logistical and diplomatic support, so that Turkey can run and guard Kabul airport after other foreign troops …

Several rockets fired on Presidential Palace in Kabul

Several rockets fired on Presidential Palace in Kabul

Several rockets were launched on the Presidential Palace in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Tuesday during prayers of Eid al-Adha holiday period, China’s news agency Xinhua reported. According to the news agency, the …

U.S. troops leave Afghanistan's Bagram air base

U.S. troops leave Afghanistan's Bagram air base

After nearly 20 years the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, two U.S. officials said …

Death toll in Kabul mosque bombing rises to 12

Death toll in Kabul mosque bombing rises to 12

A blast at a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital during Friday prayers killed at least 12 people, police said, shattering the relative calm of a three-day ceasefire. "During Friday congregation an explosion happened …

15 killed in blast in Kabul

15 killed in blast in Kabul

At least 25 people have been killed and 50 others wounded in Afghanistan after a blast hit near a school in the capital Kabul, according to Afghan Interior Ministry, TRT World reports. The explosion occurred when students were …

Afghanistan hails Russia’s mediatory role

Afghanistan hails Russia’s mediatory role

Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Abdullah Abdullah hailed Russia’s mediatory role in dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia) and …

Three separate Kabul explosions kill 5, wound 2

Three separate Kabul explosions kill 5, wound 2

Three separate explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said …

Ankara condemns terror attack in Kabul

Ankara condemns terror attack in Kabul

Turkey has condemned the deadly suicide attack in Kabul on a vice presidential election candidate. "We received the news with sorrow that a terror attack which took place at an election campaign office in Kabul, the capital of …

Ashraf Ghani offers Taliban local office - media

Ashraf Ghani offers Taliban local office - media

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani offered the Taliban the possibility of opening an office in Afghanistan but the proposal was swiftly spurned by the group that is determined to keep his government out of accelerating peace …