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A failed assassination attempt on Pakistan's top diplomat took place on Friday in Afghanistan. The diplomat's security guard was injured in the attack.

Pakistan’s prime minister says an “assassination attempt” has targeted his country’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, amid tensions between the neighboring countries

"If he makes money, we eat. If he doesn't, we don't," one mother told CBS News, referring to the family's new breadwinner, her 11-year-old son.

The blocking came as the government has expressed growing displeasure with what it calls unfair and inaccurate depictions of its actions by foreign media and officials.

The students had gathered for midday prayers at the madrassa in the town of Aybak when the bomb went off.

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students have been killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan.

A senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross says that Afghans will struggle for their lives as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule and faces plummeting humanitarian conditions.

An Afghan Supreme Court official says 19 people were lashed in the country’s northeast after being convicted of adultery, theft and running away from home

An Afghan Supreme Court official says 19 people were lashed in the country's northeast after being convicted of adultery, theft and running away from home.

A Taliban spokesman says the group will stick to its strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia

China expands its links to Afghanistan as entrepreneurs scout for business opportunities and Beijing makes overtures to the ruling Taliban in Kabul.

Afghan judges are told to enforce Islamic law that may include public executions and stoning.

If Republicans take a majority in the House of Representatives, the party will likely launch investigations into the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan.

When historians look back over the Biden presidency they will point to Afghanistan as the turning point when things began to go terribly wrong for the administration.

In a highly conservative Islamic society, the Taliban says women should be treated by female physicians and nurses.

One of the world's poorest nations sits on abundant deposits of iron, lead, lithium and other minerals, possibly worth trillions of dollars.

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

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According to new statistics from the United States military, 30,177 active duty and military veterans have passed away by suicide since September 11, 2001.

Taliban officials reported a blast that struck a mosque at a government ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan where ministry workers and visitors are said to have been praying.

A suicide bomber has struck at a center of Taliban power, setting off a blast at a government ministry building in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

A bloody attack on young women from an oppressed ethnic group sparked protests. The response shows "how scared" the Taliban is of "women's voices."

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials.

CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy discusses how warmer water is causing more deadly and destructive hurricanes – and whether there should be rebuilding along the coast.

The U.S. exit left thousands of Afghans in danger who say they were "blacklisted" and ineligible for visas despite having aided the United States.

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but ISIS has carried out similar acts of violence in recent months.

An education center in Kabul, Afghanistan was struck by a suicide bombing that killed 19 people and wounded 27, some of whom were high schools students.

Hundreds of "students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck," a police spokesman said.

Nearly every Friday, there are attacks on places of worship and other institutions in Afghanistan as the Islamic State group wages war on Taliban authorities.

The blast took place at the Kaaj education centre in the Dashte Barchi area in the west of the city.

A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital

A Taliban spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed 19 people and wounded 27 at an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital.

As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.

Because of sanctions, economically stricken Afghanistan is now a cash-only society — but that's a problem when its banknotes are falling apart.

While no one immediately claimed responsibility, ISIS has previously carried out similar attacks on mosques and worshippers.

The Taliban say a car bombing near a Kabul mosque killed at least seven people and wounded 41, including several children.

The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan capital

A senior Taliban official told reporters he was released from Guantanamo Bay. The Taliban called the exchange the start of a "new era" in U.S.-Taliban relations.

Engineer Mark Frerichs was abducted in Kabul in 2020, while Bashir Noorzai was in U.S. custody for the past 17 years.

A senior Taliban detainee held at Guantanamo Bay says he was released and handed over to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan

A senior Taliban detainee said Monday he was released from a U.S. prison and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan. Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban, told reporters in Kabul that he spent 17 years and six months in U.S. captivity. Other Taliban officials claimed he was held at the the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but those statements could not be confirmed.

The United Nations is calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7 through12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful.”.

Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is introducing legislation to establish a select committee on President Biden's deadly and botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

The Taliban crashed an American Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan, killing three people and injuring five others, the group's Ministry of Defense said.

The Taliban crashed an American Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan, killing three people and injuring five others, the group's Ministry of Defense said.

The bomber was shot dead by guards as he approached the embassy gates, officials say.

Russian Foreign Ministry says two of its embassy staff were killed by an explosion outside Russia’s Embassy in Kabul

A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian in a rare attack on a foreign diplomatic mission in Afghanistan.

Russian Foreign Ministry says two of its embassy staff were killed by an explosion outside Russia’s Embassy in Kabul on Monday. Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported earlier, citing anonymous sources, that 15-20 people were killed or wounded as the result of the explosion. According to RIA Novosti, the blast occurred when a Russian diplomat came out to the people queuing outside to call out the names of the candidates for a visa.

The bomb still exploded outside the Russian Embassy gates in Kabul, but the number of casualties is not yet clear.

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.

An Afghan woman has been arrested by the Taliban after she appeared in a video on social media accusing a senior Taliban official of rape

An Afghan woman has put out a video on social media accusing a senior Taliban official of forcing her into marriage and raping her repeatedly.

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The military parade, held in what was once the largest U.S. base of Bagram, showcased captured U.S. and NATO military equipment.

As the Taliban retook Afghanistan, one elite pilot joined the militants he'd been trained to fight.

A year after the last U.S. military flights left, some Afghans who are vulnerable to retribution from the Taliban are being resettled in the U.S. But others are stuck in third-party countries, and many remain trapped in Afghanistan, at great risk.

An Afghan Sikh family of 13 has found refuge in the diaspora community on Long Island.

More than a year after the Taliban takeover that saw thousands of people rushing to Kabul’s international airport amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal, Afghans who failed to get on evacuation flights say they are still struggling to find safe and legal ways out of the country.

Local officials in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan say heavy flooding from seasonal rains has left dozens of people dead overnight.

A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan’s capital says the toll from a mosque bombing the previous evening has risen to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack.

An Afghan resident and police say that a bombing at a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27.

A year after America’s tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines.

The Taliban are marking a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul.

On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s former president has defended what he says was a split-second decision to flee.

VFW Post 8397 held a flag retirement ceremony and honored the 13 service members killed in Kabul, Afghanistan last year.

The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden.

The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is intensifying global scrutiny of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers.

The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of support for the Taliban and calls on the international community to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban-led government.

The Taliban's supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan's earthquake victims in during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul.

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

The Air Force has concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last year, when desperate Afghans clung to a military plane as it was taking off and fell to their deaths or were caught in the wheels.

A U.N. agency has issued a glum world forecast, saying that food import bills appear headed to a record high and food markets are likely to tighten.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air.

Afghanistan's biggest media outlet says the country's Taliban rulers have ordered female TV presenters on all TV channels to cover their faces while on air.

Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear all-covering clothing in public, and threatened to punish their male relatives in cases of noncompliance.

An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured 17 others.

The head of the United Nations says nearly all Afghans don’t have enough to eat and some have resorted to “selling their children and their body parts” to get money for food.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient Buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have decided against reopening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base, at the expense of further alienating the international community.

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Education Ministry has announced that schools for all students will open this week — the clearest sign yet that girls will be allowed back in school.

Afghan refugees in the U.S. will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, a move that'll help some of the thousands who arrived following the American withdrawal from their country.

A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover of their country.

The Taliban's acting interior minister says Taliban security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan are being penalized after many abuse allegations.

Students have returned to Kabul University, among Afghanistan's oldest and most revered institutions of higher education.

UNICEF's top chief says the Taliban have committed to allowing Afghan girls to go to school next month.

The last of thousands of Afghan refugees who awaited resettlement at eight U.S. military installations departed from a New Jersey base on Saturday.

Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule.

Afghanistan’s former president has called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people.

UNHCR says the Taliban freed two foreign journalists working with the U.N. refugee agency and several of the aid organization’s Afghan staff.

The United Nations secretary-general says the world body has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban takeover of the country on Aug. 15.

The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal that ended a 20-year war in Afghanistan.

The International Labor Organization says more than a half million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover in mid-August.