India, Nov. 3 -- At least four people were killed after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan near the city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Monday, officials said. At least four people were ...

The earthquake struck Mazar-e-Sharif, which is home to around 500,000 people, in the early hours of Monday, at around 01:00 local time (20:30 GMT). It had a magnitude of 6.3 and a depth of 28km (17mi, ...

An army soldier in Kabul on Saturday. The Taliban have been advancing toward the capital after sweeping through other parts of the country. (Victor J. Blue for The Wall Street Journal) The Taliban ...

Agha Jan, an elderly farmer from Balkh’s Chimtal district, moved to the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif three months ago. 10 Asadullah, 7, lives in a mud-brick house with his family of eight. 11 Hundreds ...

A series of explosions killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan on April 21. The deadliest blast occurred at a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, ...

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