Kabul: Thousands witnessed the grizzly execution of two convicted men by the Taliban at a football stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday as the relatives of victims fired the gunshot. The three lower courts and the Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, had ordered the executions in retribution for their purported crimes, according to the court statement. Criticism on public executions …
The Taliban have claimed to have captured two of Afghanistan’s cities -- Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- in an advance that has raised fears of the collapse of the government. The capture of Kandahar and Herat - the country's second and third largest cities will represent the Taliban's two most significant victories since they began a broad offensive in May …
A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. The Ghazni attack comes just days after two bombs killed 14 people in the historic city of Bamiyan, ending years of calm in the isolated town famous for its ancient Buddhist …
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