6 dead after blast near Finance Ministry rocks Afghan capital:
The explosion comes after Taliban leadership announced earlier on Wednesday that the Obama administration's decision to slow US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would hamper peace efforts in the country. Ref. Source 4
Three killed in suicide attack targeting Afghan MP:
A suicide attacker targeting a prominent Afghan MP killed three people including a child and wounded seven others in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, just days after Washington announced it would slow the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Ref. Source 5
Suicide bombers in Afghanistan kill nine, wound 23:
Two suicide bombers targeting Afghan government and military employees killed at least nine people on Monday and wounded 23, officials said. Source 2k
At least 7 dead, more than 300 wounded in Kabul attack
At least seven people were killed and more than 300 wounded in a coordinated attack that included a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, according to media reports. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, which apparently targeted a secret service unit whose role was to protect VIPs, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported. Ref. USAToday.
ISIS is claiming responsibility for killing at least 61 people and wounding more than 200 during a peaceful demonstration in Kabul by a minority group Saturday.
Two ISIS fighters detonated their suicide belts among the protesters, according to ISIS' media wing, Amaq.
The attack, the worst in terms of casualties in several weeks, drew attention to ISIS instead of the Taliban, which had been credited with recent bombings. Ref. CNN.
25 Afghan policemen killed as Taliban storms outposts. Twenty-five national and local Afghan policemen were killed Sunday in coordinated Taliban attacks on their outposts in the southern Zabul province, officials confirmed. Ref. Source 9h.