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Three Europeans and one Afghan citizen were killed in a shooting in central Afghanistan's Bamyan city on Friday, according to Ministry of Interior Affairs Spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani.

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Spanish tourists among four killed in Afghanistan shooting

Residents clean debris and salvage their belongings after flash floods in Firozkoh, Ghor province.

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50 killed, dozens missing after flooding in Afghanistan’s Ghor province

Whistleblower David McBride arrives at the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in Canberra, Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

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Whistleblower who exposed alleged war crimes in Afghanistan jailed for leaking documents

Three children, aged 3, 5 and 6, sit on the roof of a mosque in Baghlan province, after being rescued from flooding and mud torrents that have affected 18 districts across at least three provinces in northern Afghanistan, according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

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Children pulled from mud as hundreds die in severe flooding in Afghanistan

Afghan relatives offer prayers during a burial ceremony, near the graves of victim who lost their lives following flash floods after heavy rainfall at a village in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province on May 11, 2024. More than 300 people were killed in flash flooding in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, the World Food Programme said on May 11.

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At least 300 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms

FILE - This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines around the scene at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion. The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 service members and about 170 Afghans. That is according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed on April 25, 2023, by military officials. (Department of Defense via AP, File)

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Congressmen demand answers after CNN report contradicts Pentagon investigations into deadly Kabul airport attack

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Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan

People wade through a flooded street in Peshawar, Pakistan on April 15, 2024.

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More than 100 killed across Pakistan and Afghanistan as flash floods and heavy rains sweep the region

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Australia's Marcus Stoinis plays a sweep shot against Afghanistan during the ICC men's T20 World Cup in 2022.

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Australia postpones T20 series against Afghanistan citing worsening ‘conditions for women and girls’ under Taliban rule

Mar 20, 2024

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Top generals who oversaw US withdrawal from Afghanistan slam State Department for delaying emergency evacuation

Mar 19, 2024

A suitcase and backpacks of Afghan people who were waiting to be evacuated are seen at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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US military has completed additional review of deadly Kabul airport bombing

Mar 13, 2024

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