At least 90 killed, hundreds wounded after bomb explodes in Kabul, Afghanistan
“The blast was so huge that it dug a big crater as deep as four meters,” or 13 feet.
Watch 4:54
News Wrap: ISIS claims responsibility for Afghan hospital attack
In our news wrap Wednesday, heavily armed gunmen who were disguised in white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Kabul. At least 30 people were killed. Also, the U.S. military accused Russia of deploying a land-based cruise missile that…
Gunmen disguised as medics storm Kabul hospital, killing 30
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on Sardar Daud Khan hospital, which injured more than 50, a government official told Reuters.
Watch
News Wrap: Dylann Roof is first to get death sentence for federal hate crime
In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal jury sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the racially motivated murder of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. Also, nearly 40 people died in a pair of bombings near the Afghan Parliament…
In our news wrap Wednesday, a top Iraqi commander called for the surrender of Mosul on the third day of an offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State. An estimated 6,000 ISIS fighters remain in the city. Also,…
In our news wrap Monday, the Afghan capital of Kabul went on lockdown after tens of thousands of minority Hazaras marched through the streets, demanding that a planned multinational power line be routed through their province. Also, the U.S. and…
A Tuesday morning suicide attack in Kabul killed 28 people and wounded hundreds more, part of an ongoing surge of Taliban-driven violence in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff talks to Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation, former advisor to U.S. special forces…
Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday in an attempt to ease political tensions there and prolong a power-sharing agreement he brokered two years ago. Reuters State Department Correspondent Arshad Mohammed in Kabul joins…
WASHINGTON — A number of U.S. special operations troops were killed or wounded in fighting in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials said.
