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2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing; ... On 21 March 2024, ISIS–K carried out a suicide bombing on a New Kabul Bank branch in Kandahar, Afghanistan around 8:00 AFT ...
India said on Sunday it had temporarily brought back officials from its consulate in Kandahar, a major city in southern Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters continue to gain control amid the ...
The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million. [a] Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside. [2]
NAHRIN, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said on Sunday, as ...
The seizure of Kandahar and Herat, the country's second- and third-largest cities, marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban. Taliban capture Kandahar, Afghanistan's 2nd-largest city [Video ...
Kandahar, the second-largest city of Afghanistan and the capital of Kandahar Province, was a heavily defended city guarded by Afghan National Army (ANA) forces. However, amidst the 2021 Taliban offensive, the Taliban had led brutal attacks on the city, wearing down the defenses and causing many in the ANA ranks to desert and flee due to fear of being captured by the Taliban. [10]
On 15 October 2021, a suicide bombing occurred at the Imam Bargah Mosque, [1] also known as Fatima Mosque, a Shia mosque, during Friday prayers in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing at least 65 people and wounding more than 70. [2] [3]
After NATO forces had largely withdrawn from Kandahar as part of the larger summer 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban troops fought a month-long battle against remaining Afghan National Army (ANA) forces of the collapsing Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, backed by U.S. Air Force close air support.