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APD Yearender: Zabi’s gone, but news reporting continues in Afghanistan

In the next few days, APD would like to take you through the turbulent 2016. We will be presenting stories of a wide range of people – some of them are big shots who have driven major shifts in world order, and others are ordinary folks whose lives have been changed by the dramatic events that occurred this year.

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Gunmen kill 14 in Kabul attack on Shiites marking Ashura

Gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims in Kabul late Tuesday, killing at least 14 people as they gathered to celebrate Ashura, one of the most important festivals on the Shiite calendar, officials said.

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack, 80 dead

Twin explosions tore through a demonstration by members of Afghanistan's mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack claimed by Islamic State.

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Afghans take streets to protest change in main power line route

​Tens of thousands of Afghans took streets on Monday to protest against a change in the route of a major transmission line, demanding the government to stick into the initial plan in construction of the project.

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Pakistani PM calls for coordinated anti-terror approach after Kabul attack

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the deadliest suicide attack on Tuesday in Kabul and called for coordinated approach with Afghanistan to counter the common threat.

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Deadly blast rocks Afghan capital, injure hundreds

The deadly Taliban attack, involving suicide bombing and gunshots in Kabul on Tuesday, which claimed dozens of lives and injured hundreds of others, was widely condemned.

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Bloody bombing claims 5 lives injuring 24 in Kabul

At least five people including the suicide bomber had been killed and 24 others injured in a deadly suicide car bomb that rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

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Afghans mark Women's Day against backdrop of women's low awareness of their rights

​"Believe me, I have no knowledge about International Women's Day today, or other days dedicated to celebrating and respecting women. The only thing I know about women is that they should take care of their husbands and her children," a female passerby told Xinhua.

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2 suicide attacks kill 9, wound 31 in Kabul

​Two suicide bombings that rocked Afghan capital city Kabul since Thursday morning have claimed nine lives including two attackers and injured 31 others, officials said.

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Suicide bombing most lethal weapon in Afghanistan

​Laying on hospital bed in Kabul and is unable to talk, the man is among the several victims of a suicide bombing which rattled Afghan eastern Paktika province on Sunday and had been shifted to Kabul for medical treatment.

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Reopening Kabul Bank scandal case test for new gov't in fighting corruption

New Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai issued a decree directing the Supreme Court to reopen a case involving the scandal at the first Afghan private bank, Kabul Bank and resolve it within 45 days by recovering bank loans and stolen assets, as his first step in fighting corruption since assuming office on Sept. 29.

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Suicide attack in southern Afghan town of Shahr-e-Safa kill 2, wounds 4

A suicide attack rocked Shahr-e-Safa city in Zabul province 340 km south of Kabul on Sunday, leaving two people, including the attacker, dead and five others wounded, governor of Shahr-e-Safa district Abdul Khaliq Ayubi said.

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Afghan condemns attack on Chinese

Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said the ministry condemns the gruesome incident in its strongest term. He added that the police have started investigation into the case and will bring those behind the crime to justice.

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3 Chinese killed in Afghanistan

According to the Chinese embassy, one of the missing Chinese was forced onto a car driven by Afghan nationals heading out of Kabul in the early morning on Friday.