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Zaki Daryabi, the founder of Etilaat e Roz, scrolling through the day’s news one evening at his office in Kabul. Credit Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
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Afghan men unload a coffin of an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) employee, who was killed by gunmen in Jwzjan province, at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan February 8, 2017.REUTERS/Stringer
Red Cross to ‘Drastically’ Cut Afghan Operations After Attacks
Kabul- The International Committee of the Red Cross will “drastically” reduce operations in war-torn Afghanistan after seven of its employees were killed in attacks this year, the aid group said on Monday. The announcement underlines the deteriorating...Caption:
An Afghan police officer surveyed the damage from a truck bomb near several embassies in Kabul in May. The United States is redrawing the Green Zone to cover nearly all major ministries and Western compounds. Credit Andrew Quilty for The New York Times
US Expands Kabul Security Zone
Kabul- Soon, American Embassy employees in Kabul will no longer need to take a Chinook helicopter ride to cross the street to a military base less than 100 yards outside the present Green Zone security district. Instead, the boundaries of the Green Zone will be...Caption:
An Afghan security force stands guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan August 29, 2017. (Reuters)
5 Killed in Suicide Bombing near US Embassy in Afghan Capital
At least five people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing at a bank in the Afghan capital Kabul. Eight people were wounded in the blast at a Kabul Bank branch that is close to the heavily protected US embassy, the Interior Ministry announced. At the site of the...Caption:
Policemen try to rescue a child at the site of a suicide attack on a mosque in Kabul. Photo: Reuters