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Mirwais Harooni

ARTICLES BY MIRWAIS HAROONI

The Intercontinental Hotel is seen burnt during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

More than 30 killed as Kabul luxury hotel attack ends

4 min read . 22 Jan 2018

Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan’s national intelligence agency in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul

1 min read . 25 Dec 2017

File photo of Afghan police personnel. The Taliban said they had killed 31 security forces and wounded 21 in those clashes. Photo: AFP

Taliban attacks kill at least 69 across Afghanistan

1 min read . 17 Oct 2017

Afghanistan’s national security forces in Kabul. Photo: AP

Indian diplomatic compound in Kabul hit by rocket, no one injured

1 min read . 06 Jun 2017

A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late on 10 November, killing at least 2 people. Photo: AFP

3 killed, several injured in an explosion at Nato air base in Afghanistan’s Bagram

1 min read . 12 Nov 2016

Security forces killed two suspected militants to end the attack on the compound, which began on Wednesday evening with a large explosion followed by gunfire, a police official said earlier. Photo: Reuters

12 people killed in American University attack, says Afghan police

1 min read . 25 Aug 2016

Saturday’s demonstrators had been demanding the 500 kV transmission line from Turkmenistan to Kabul be rerouted through two provinces with large Hazara populations. Photo: Reuters

Kabul attack: Islamic State claims responsibility; 80 dead

3 min read . 23 Jul 2016

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar likely killed in US drone strike

4 min read . 22 May 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

Afghan security forces remove a destroyed vehicle after a suicide attack near the Russian embassy in Kabul, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Suicide bomb in Afghan capital targets journalists, kills seven people

1 min read . 20 Jan 2016

A file photo of Mullah Akhtar Mansour. Photo: Reuters

Taliban releases audio message to show Mullah Akhtar Mansour alive

1 min read . 06 Dec 2015

Kunduz chief of police, Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh (left) talks to US and Afghan special forces in Kunduz city, Afghanistan on 1 October 2015. Photo: AP

Afghan forces retake Kunduz city centre from Taliban

3 min read . 01 Oct 2015

The attacks have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of peace talks with the government. Photo: AFP

Deadly car bomb explodes in Kabul stoking tension with Pakistan

3 min read . 10 Aug 2015

International and Afghan security forces inspect damage outside Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on 8 August 2015. Photo: AFP

Bombings, assaults kill at least 42 in Kabul; hundreds wounded

2 min read . 08 Aug 2015

Afghan security sources said the target might have been a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter, owned by a prominent political family and known to be used by foreigners. Photo: AP

Heavy gunfire, multiple blasts strike Kabul

1 min read . 27 May 2015

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah take down a large portrait of Afghan President Hamid Karzai before a gathering in Kabul on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

US warns Afghans against forming ‘parallel govt’

3 min read . 08 Jul 2014

Abdullah has accused Karzai, provincial governors and police of complicity in efforts to rig the election. Photo: AFP

Thousands march on Afghan president’s palace to protest election

1 min read . 27 Jun 2014

A file photo of Afghan security forces. Photo: Reuters

Taliban attack election commission building in Kabul

3 min read . 30 Mar 2014

Afghan President Hamid Karzai regularly accuses Pakistan of supporting Taliban militants, and has curtly made clear he cares more about security than Pakistani aid. Photo: AFP

India, Pakistan use aid to win influence in Kabul

5 min read . 04 Mar 2014

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says peace is our precondition. America should bring us peace and then we will sign it. Photo: AFP

Afghan President Karzai rejects elders’ advice to back US deal quickly

3 min read . 25 Nov 2013