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At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bomb outside a mosque in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan Province who was killed two days ago. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.
2023-06-8

Two bombs explode at a playing field in Herat, Afghanistan, killing five people and injuring 25 more.
2022-04-1

Afghanistan suspends travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat.
2020-02-23

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to troops at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, their second visit to a combat zone since taking office. While there he also claims he has re-started talks with the Taliban.
2019-11-28

The United States Central Command launches an investigation into a video posted on YouTube which appears to show a U.S. service member firing on civilians inside a truck on a road in Afghanistan. The montage video, titled "Happy Few Ordnance Symphony", has since been removed.
2018-01-10

A suicide bomber allegedly affiliated with ISIL strikes a bank in the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, killing at least 33 and wounding 100.
2015-04-18

Afghanistan is set to remove a block placed on YouTube more than two months ago over a controversial anti-Islamic video "Innocence of Muslims".
2012-11-22

Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters.
2011-02-3

Philip Alston, the international law scholar who recently stepped down as the United Nations's senior official on extrajudicial killings, calls for the UN to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan and to convict those responsible.
2010-09-26

Libya bans YouTube, independent news sites and opposition web sites in crackdown on controversial subjects, including human rights abuses by the Libyan government.
2010-02-7