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Pakistani soldiers patrol near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman on February 27, 2026, following overnight cross-border fighting between the two countries
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Pakistan bombs Kabul in 'open war' on Afghanistan's Taliban

The operation was Pakistan's most widespread bombardment of the Afghan capital, and its first airstrikes on the southern power base

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2026
Afghan rescuers walk past the rubble of a collapsed house following an earthquake in a village at Burka district, the worst-hit area in the province of Baghlan, north of Kabul, on June 12, 2012. More than 70 people, mostly women and children, are feared dead after a landslide triggered by a double earthquake engulfed their Afghan village, officials said on June 12.
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Afghanistan quake causes no 'serious' damage, injuries: official

The New Arab Staff
21 February, 2026
Damaged interior of a Chinese restaurant is pictured following an explosion in the Shahr-e Naw area of Kabul
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Beijing urges Afghanistan to protect citizens after bombing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2026
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Kabul, Between Prayers: Two brothers in the Taliban's shadow

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Davide Abbatescianni

06 November, 2025
An injured Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
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Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 September, 2025
Taliban personnel holding their flags march along a street as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan near the Kabul Polytechnic University in Kabul
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Taliban mark fourth year in power in Afghanistan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 August, 2025
This handout photograph taken on January 26, 2025 and released by Afghanistan's MoFA shows Afghanistan's FM Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) with Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi (L) in Kabul
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Iran FM arrives in Kabul in first visit after Taliban's takeover

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 January, 2025
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Rosabel Crean
18 October, 2024
Afghanistan
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Islamic State group claims deadly Kabul bomb blast

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 August, 2024
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Afghan Taliban govt to attend next round of UN talks in Doha

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 June, 2024
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One killed in explosion claimed by IS in Afghan capital

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2024
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At least 7 civilians killed in minibus explosion in Kabul

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 November, 2023
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flydubai becomes first international carrier to resume Kabul flights

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 October, 2023
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Taliban mark two years since return to power in Afghanistan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 August, 2023
Afghanistan
MENA
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Two pilots killed in Afghanistan military helicopter crash

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 May, 2023
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UN says 34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 April, 2023
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Afghanistan: Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 April, 2023
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UN to hold talks with Taliban officials over women staff ban

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 April, 2023
Afghanistan
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Taliban 'bans contraceptive pill' as repression continues

The New Arab Staff
20 February, 2023
Afghan women
Afghanistan
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The dashed and disappearing dreams of Afghan women

The New Arab Staff

Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli

09 February, 2023
Afghan LGBTQ+ may prefer death to life under Taliban
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Afghanistan's LGBTQ+ may prefer death to life under Taliban

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Hannah Wallace

07 February, 2023