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Truck bomb in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province kills 15, including 13 civilians; 42 others injured
•While no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, provincial police spokesman Farid Khan blamed the Taliban
Afghan military retakes control of Jalalabad prison from Islamic State militants; 29 dead, 50 injured
•Following a battle that started on Sunday and continued till Monday afternoon, Afghan security forces seized a prison which is holding hundreds of Islamic State militants
From Kabul maternity ward to Nangarhar cemetery, a morning of murder rocks Afghanistan
•Three militants stormed a hospital in Kabul soon after 10 am on Tuesday, shooting new mothers dead before the newborns in their arms had even seen the light outside the hospital.
14 killed after militants storm maternity hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul; suicide bomber leaves 24 dead in attack on funeral ceremony in Nangarhar
•The violence could further undermine a peace process in the wake of a deal signed between the United States and the Taliban in February
Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills two US soldiers and injures six in Nangarhar; shot dead by forces
•There have been numerous attacks by Afghan national army soldiers on their allied partners during 18 years of America's protracted war
Fate of 10 Indian widows of Islamic State terrorists, imprisoned in Afghanistan, casts new light on movement that led dozens from Kashmir to Kerala into Nangarhar
Praveen Swami And Neethu Reghukumar •Ten Indian women, the widows of Islamic State terrorists killed in combat in the mountains of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, are now being held in Kabul's Badam Bagh prison, highly-placed government sources have told Network 18. The government is still debating whether to seek their extradition to face trial on terrorism charges in India, or leave them to face prosecution and punishment under Afghan law, the sources said.
Afghanistan mosque explosion: 70, including 27 schoolchildren, dead; villagers search for bodies of missing
•The attack — Afghanistan's second most deadly this year — took place in Haska Mina district and also wounded at least 36 people
Explosion rocks mosque in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, killing 62 worshippers and injuring 36, during Friday prayers
•The report said that pro-government forces in Afghanistan were responsible for 2,348 civilian casualties, including 1,149 killed and 1,199 wounded, a 26 percent increase from the same period in 2018.
Atleast 4 killed, several injured after suicide bomber, gunmen attack government building in Afghanistan ahead of presidential election
•At least four people were killed and a dozen injured when gunmen stormed a crowded government building in Afghanistan following a suicide bombing.
Three dead, 20 injured as serial blasts rock Afghanistan's Jalalabad; explosives could be IEDs, says official
•At least three people were killed and another 20 wounded in a series of blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Monday