Afghanistan

An Afghan man lays on a stretcher as others rush him to a hospital following blast at a mosque being used as a voter registration center in Khost Province on Sunday.

Bomb Blast Inside Mosque Kills At Least 14 In Eastern Afghanistan

11:03am May 06, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Afghan officials said explosives were hidden inside the mosque, which was also being used as a voter registration center. The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks on election-related sites.

World News

ISIS Claims Afghanistan Attacks

8:28am May 06, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Seth Jones, director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about ISIS and Afghanistan.

World News

The Dangers Of Journalism In Afghanistan

8:07am May 05, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary about the challenges, often deadly, of reporting in Afghanistan. Several journalists were killed this past week.

New Watchdog Report Paints Grim Picture Of America's War In Afghanistan

5:08pm May 01, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, about the latest report on Afghanistan reconstruction. Despite the record amount of coalition munitions dropped, the security situation continues to deteriorate and civilian deaths from coalition munitions are at a record high.

Security forces from the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance enter Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001.

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'No More Hope': Slain Afghan Photographer Covered His Country's Turmoil For 2 Decades

7:30pm April 30, 2018

Shah Marai with Agence France-Presse was among those killed in twin suicide blasts in Kabul. "Life seems to be even more difficult than under the Taliban because of the insecurity," he wrote in 2016.

Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after a second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.

World News

Multiple Suicide Bombings In Afghanistan Leave Dozens Dead, Scores Wounded

8:52am April 30, 2018

Two coordinated suicide attacks in Kabul killed at least 25 people and wounded scores more. In a separate attack in the country's south, at least 11 children at a religious school were killed.

World News

NATO's Work Is Invaluable, Secretary Of State Pompeo Says

8:24am April 30, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison about the new secretary of State, Afghanistan, the Iran nuclear deal, Russia and other challenges for the transatlantic alliance.

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During Bahrain's failed revolution, a protester passes out onions and garlic to battle the effects of the tear gas used by Bahraini forces. February 14, 2011

Award-Winning Images Touch 'Your Head And Your Heart'

7:00am April 28, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Andrea Bruce is the 2018 winner of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award — given for work depicting scenes from conflicts and disasters.

People walk past the World Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C. A watchdog says that the World Bank is not adequately monitoring how funds intended for Afghanistan reconstruction are being used.

Watchdog Says Billions In Afghanistan Funding At Risk Of Misuse

8:40am April 25, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Funds in the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund are at risk because the World Bank is not adequately monitoring how they are used. The U.S. has contributed $3 billion to the fund.

Barkatullah smiles and rests on a crutch and grips his walker during a physical therapy session at Emergency War and Trauma Hospital in Kabul. The 13-year-old lost his right arm and leg in an explosion. He practices standing on the walker 30 seconds at a

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A 13-Year-Old In Afghanistan Won't Let His Injuries Get Him Down

5:10pm April 23, 2018

by Ruchi Kumar

Barkatullah is one of thousands of children who are casualties of the conflict. The latest are victims from Sunday's suicide bomb attack. What does the future hold for these youngsters?