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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Usman SHARIFI

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a function at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, on August 4, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)
August 14, 2021, 6:18 pm
Beleaguered Afghan president vows to end bloodshed, as Taliban move in on Kabul
In recorded message, Ashraf Ghani says consultations taking place to try to stop the fighting; insurgents camped some 30 miles from the capital
By Usman SHARIFI
In this picture taken on August 9, 2021, Taliban fighters stand along a road in the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend. (AFP)
August 10, 2021, 6:36 pm
Thousands flee as Taliban seize another provincial capital in Afghanistan
US envoy visits Qatar in bid to convince Taliban to halt offensive, as Pentagon says ‘not much’ America can do to help Afghan government
By Usman SHARIFI
Afghan Jew Zebulon Simentov blows a shofar horn at a synagogue housed in an old building in Kabul, April 5, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
April 29, 2021, 10:43 am
Fearing the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s last Jew plans move to Israel
Zebulon Simentov endured Soviet invasion, civil war, Taliban rule and the US takeover, but now he says the dangers are too great and it is time to leave
By Jay Deshmukh and Usman SHARIFI
Afghan security personnel take position on the top of a building where insurgents were hiding, in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. An Islamic State group attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing people in fighting overnight, a local official said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
August 4, 2020, 6:04 am
Islamic State fighters raid Afghan jail, killing 29, freeing hundreds
10 attackers also killed in assault that starts with suicide bombing and comes at end of ceasefire with Taliban
By Noorullah Shirzada and Usman SHARIFI
Flames rise from a government building after an explosion and attack by gunmen, in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
December 25, 2018, 8:29 am
At least 43 killed in attack on Kabul government compound
Afghan officials blame Taliban for car bomb and gun attack, after hours-long shootout prompts terrified workers to jump out of windows several floors up
By Emal Haidary and Usman SHARIFI
A sandal is seen laying on the ground along a road at the site of a suicide bombing attack in Kabul on March 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI)
March 21, 2018, 2:35 pm
At least 26 killed as IS suicide bomber targets Kabul shrine
In fifth bombing in Afghan capital in weeks, terrorist blasts himself among students celebrating Persian new year
By Usman SHARIFI
Afghan security personnel gesture as they leave the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul, January 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR)
January 21, 2018, 6:49 pm
‘Pray for me’ — Kabul hotel guest’s plea during bloody siege
Hotel’s security staff fled ‘without a fight’ as Taliban attackers rampaged through the building with guns and grenades for 12 hours
By Usman SHARIFI
Two Afghan men weep for their relatives in front of the main gate of a military hospital in Kabul on March 8, 2017, after a deadly six-hour attack claimed by the Islamic State group. (AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI)
March 9, 2017, 2:23 am
Gunmen dressed as doctors kill 38 in Kabul hospital attack
Terrified caregivers leap from high-floor windows to save themselves from jihadists. ‘It was a massacre,’ one recounts
By Emal Haidary and Usman SHARIFI
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers arrive in the streets around the largest US military base in Bagram, 50km north of Kabul, after an explosion on November 12, 2016. (AFP/Shah Marai)
November 12, 2016, 6:58 pm
Four Americans killed in US base attack in Afghanistan
Taliban suicide bomber detonates powerful explosive inside the heavily fortified Bagram Airfield in major security breach
By Usman SHARIFI
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