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The killing of two women judges who worked for Afghanistan's high court comes amid a wave of targeted killings which the government have accused the Taliban of orchestrating.
The US has now cut troop levels in Afghanistan to 2,500.
Diplomats: UN Lebanon envoy to head Libya mission
Diplomats say the former Slovak foreign minister will replace Ghassan Salame in the post, which has been vacant for nearly a year.
Taliban kill 12 pro-govt militiamen in Afghanistan insider attack
The bloodshed comes even as the Taliban and government negotiators engage in peace talks to end the nearly two-decades-long ...
Taliban kill 9 Afghan security personnel in checkpoint raids
Taliban militants killed at least nine Afghan security personnel in a restive northern province.
US troops cut to 2,500 in Afghanistan and Iraq
"Today, the United States is closer than ever to ending nearly two decades of war and welcoming in an Afghan-owned, Afghan-led peace process."
Germany deports 26 Afghan refugees despite 'threats to life'
Germany has attracted criticism for its decision to continue to deport Afghan refugees in the midst of a pandemic.
Afghan forces foil IS plan to assassinate US envoy
Intelligence officers dismantled a four-member IS cell in the eastern province of Nangarhar that had planned to murder Ross Wilson
Yemen's Houthis defiant as US labels rebels 'terrorists'
Yemen's Houthis were defiant after Washington said it will designate the Iran-backed rebels as terrorists, a last-ditch move under President ...
Armenian leader says Karabakh conflict unresolved
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan insisted that key issues surrounding the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh were in limbo, in a rare ...
Egypt hosts talks to revive Israel-Palestinian dialogue
Jordan's Foreign Minister, joined by Egyptian, French and German counterparts, said that if the two-state solution fails, the world must "say if ...
Biden taps William Burns as CIA chief
William Burns had been considered a likely candidate to lead the State Department under President-elect Joe Biden, given his deep experience ...
Yemen's Houthis defiant as aid agencies fear terror label
Yemen's rebel leaders brushed off the designation, while one of the largest aid agencies active in the war-torn country said the move would ...
Afghan journalist-turned official killed in targeted Kabul bomb attack
A bomb attack in Kabul targeted Afghan journalist-turned security official Zia Wadan on Sunday.
Three arrested for murder of Afghan election activist
High-profile public figures have been targeted in a recent wave of violence in Afghanistan.
Lebanon's Hariri pays unannounced visit to Erdogan
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri paid an unannounced visit to Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Officials: Attacks around Afghanistan kill at least 23
Multiple attacks have occurred in Afghanistan as talks resume with the Taliban in the hope of ending the conflict.
Afghan peace talks resume in Doha: negotiators
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have resumed in Doha, Qatar.
Kabul talks in Doha, government accuses Taliban of stalling
The Afghanistan government has accused the Taliban of deliberately stalling peace talks.
Challenges plague new Afghan peace talks
Afghan negotiators are having a challenging time with the peace process.
US military blames Taliban for spate of Afghan assassinations
On Twitter, the spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan blamed the Taliban directly for a "campaign of unclaimed attacks and targeted killing", ...
2021 could be even worse for the Middle East
Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria are the countries most at risk according to the IRC Emergency Watchlist for 2021.
Afghan peace talks resume as bloodshed continues
As a wave of targeted killings grips Afghanistan, government negotiators will meet with Taliban representatives to resume talks in ...
Gunmen kill Afghan radio journalist in car ambush
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said Aref ...
Some 200 checkpoints have been abandoned - some with weapons left behind - by Afghan personnel.
The visit by the high-level Egyptian delegation was the first of its kind since 2014.
Brexiteers will be waving goodbye to a US led by Donald Trump, as Joe Biden is set to take over.
Four others were wounded in the blasts in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning.
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