HISTORICAL FACTS: 29 - Caught on Camera

Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19

A Taliban spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed 19 people and wounded 27 at an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

Kabul college suicide attack kills 19

The blast hit the Kaaj education centre as students sat a mock exam

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Taliban Say Suicide Blast in Kabul Kills 19

A suicide bombing struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief said. The explosion inside the center in the Dashti Barchi neighborhood of Kabul took place in the morning hours,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022

After fleeing Kabul, Afghan lawyers seek new life — and legal careers — in California

LOS ANGELES — Masooda Qazi held her 8-year-old son's hand tightly as she frantically tried to convey to a group of Dutch soldiers that she was an employee of the U.S. Embassy and was promised transport out of Kabul as it fell to the Taliban last year.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022

Taliban: Car Bomb Near Kabul Mosque Kills 7, Wounds 41

A car bomb went off Friday as worshippers were leaving a Kabul mosque, killing at least seven people and wounding 41, including several children, a Taliban official said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a steady stream of attacks since the Taliban seized power in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 23, 2022

At least 4 killed, 10 wounded after blast near Kabul mosque

A Kabul hospital says at least four people are dead and 10 wounded after a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from Afghanistan

In the harrowing documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2022

An American held hostage in Afghanistan has been freed in a prisoner swap

Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran turned civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020. His release centered on a prisoner exchange involving Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and Taliban member.

WEKU · Sep 19, 2022

Sister of Lombard man freed by Taliban in hostage swap ‘stunned, very happy’ after 3 a.m. call from Biden

Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran and a civilian contractor in Afghanistan, was abducted in 2020. His sister in Lombard had pushed for years to get his release.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2022

Taliban freed from Guantanamo, claims exchanged for American

A senior Taliban detainee held at Guantanamo Bay says he was released and handed over to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022