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Hamid Shalizi

ARTICLES BY HAMID SHALIZI

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on 21 March 2018. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan blast: Suicide bomber kills at least 26 near shrine in Kabul, 18 injured

1 min read . 21 Mar 2018

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani says a political framework for peace negotiations should be created with a ceasefire and the Taliban recognised as a legitimate political group with an official political office. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani offers peace talks with Taliban ‘without condition’

2 min read . 28 Feb 2018

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, but a statement from the group did not provide evidence to support its claim. Photo: AP

Afghanistan mosques suicide attack: Death toll rises to 72

1 min read . 21 Oct 2017

The head of the area’s Isteqlal Hospital, Mohammad Sabir Nassib, says it has received the bodies of two people slain in the attack as well as two wounded. Photo: Reuters

Pair of mosque attacks kill at least 50 in Afghanistan

1 min read . 20 Oct 2017

Afghan national Army (ANA) troops arrive near the site of attack on an army headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on 21 April 2017. Photo: Reuters

140 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack on army base in Mazar-I-Sharif

1 min read . 22 Apr 2017

US army General John Nicholson, Commander of Resolute Support forces and US forces in Afghanistan, speaks during a news conference in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

‘Right time’ to use huge bomb in Afghanistan: US general

4 min read . 15 Apr 2017

Afghan policemen at the site of the Kabul blasts on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Kabul blasts: Taliban attacks leave 30 dead, 80 injured

2 min read . 10 Jan 2017

Afghan security forces rush to respond to a complex Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in Kabul on 24 August 2016. Photo: AP

Gunmen attack American university in Kabul, students trapped

1 min read . 24 Aug 2016

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid dismissed the letters as a “pack of lies”. Photo: Reuters

Former Afghan spy chief says letters show Pakistan supports militants

3 min read . 15 Jul 2016

According to the chairman of the national council of Hindus and Sikhs, the community now numbers fewer than 220 families, compared with around 220,000 members before the collapse of the Kabul government in 1992. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan’s diminishing Sikh, Hindu communities flee new abuses

3 min read . 23 Jun 2016

Afghan policemen stand guard at the entrance gate of Afghanistan’s new parliament after rockets hit the compound in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

Taliban rockets hit Afghan parliament compound, no one reported hurt

1 min read . 28 Mar 2016

A member of Afghan security forces keeps watch at the site of an explosion in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

Bicycle bomb in Kabul embassy district wounds guard

1 min read . 25 Mar 2016

Suicide bombing targets foreign forces in Afghan capital

1 min read . 11 Oct 2015

US conducted air strike near Afghanistan hospital

2 min read . 04 Oct 2015

A vehicle is seen on fire after a blast near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Taliban attack Afghan parliament, seize second district in north

1 min read . 22 Jun 2015

A bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s ministry of justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil servants were leaving work for the day, officials said. Photo: Reuters

Bomb outside Afghan justice ministry kills 5, wounds dozens

1 min read . 19 May 2015

‘It is enough and it’s no longer acceptable,’ President Ashraf Ghani yelled while on a visit to a school as he called on religious leaders to speak out against the Taliban. Photo: Reuters

Afghan president vows security shake-up after Taliban attacks surge

2 min read . 14 Dec 2014

Afghan rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (left) and Ashraf Ghani exchange signed agreements for the country’s unity government on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Taliban reject Afghan unity government pact as US ‘sham’

3 min read . 22 Sept 2014

Abdullah Abdullah, a former anti-Taliban fighter who later served as foreign minister, says the election was rigged against him. Photo: Reuters

Afghan rivals said close to ending feud on how to share power

2 min read . 16 Sept 2014

The Obama administration has been pressing Afghan President Hamid Karzai for months to sign a bilateral security agreement with Washington that would allow some US troops to stay beyond that deadline. Photo: AFP

Despite US warnings, Afghanistan releases detainees

2 min read . 13 Feb 2014