Ashraf Ghani

Representatives from more than 20 countries gathered in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Monday for an international conference on the future of Afghanistan.

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint.

It came just days after a deadly attack on one of the most prominent hotels in the city.

The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their worst since records began, the United Nations said on July 17.

Deaths in the capital Kabul accounted for nearly 20 percent of the toll, according to the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report, which covers the first half of the year.

As many as three Afghan civilians were killed early on June 12 when American troops opened fire after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, an official in eastern Nangarhar province said.

A man and his two sons were killed at their home in Ghani Khel, a district in the south of Nangarhar, on the border with Pakistan, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban on June 6, warning them to embrace peace or "face consequences" after announcing that the death toll from last week's truck bombing had passed 150.

An Afghan health official has raised the death toll from the massive suicide car bombing in Kabul earlier on May 31, saying the attack killed 80 people.

The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials said today.

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb — dubbed the “Mother Of All Bombs” — was unleashed in combat for the first time, hitting IS positions in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday.

More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan officials say.
Militants armed with guns and grenades gained entry after one detonated explosives at a hospital gate and then opened fire on staff and patients.

The Munich Security Conference has started in Munich on Feb. 17 with top world leaders, diplomats and defense officials getting their first opportunity to meet with members of the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration amid concerns over the new president's commitment to NATO and posture toward Russia.

Five United Arab Emirates officials were among 56 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghan cities, authorities said Jan. 11, as Taliban militants step up a deadly winter campaign of violence.