The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over more than a year ago.

A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a local police official and a Russian state news agency said. It was unclear if the attacker detonated the explosives himself or whether…

Two Russian embassy staff were killed on Monday in a blast near the country's diplomatic mission in Kabul, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The death toll is expected to rise, say officials

Two embassy staff among six dead after suicide bomber detonates explosives near the embassy’s entrance.

At least six people are dead and 11 have been injured in an apparent suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack took place outside the Russian Embassy where guards shot the attacker before his device detonated

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday.

Senators have pledged to keep pressure on the Taliban to uphold the rights and freedoms of the Afghan people a year on from the fall of the capital Kabul.

Australian photojournalist Andrew Quilty covered the conflict in Afghanistan for nine years

Despite international pressure, Taliban authorities have banned teenage girls from going to school in most Afghan provinces, denying an entire generation access to education. Some girls have chosen to defy the ban, taking huge risks to pursue their hopes and dreams. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent and Tarek Kai visited…

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.