7 Afghan civilians were killed and 91 were wounded as a suicide car bomb exploded near the main gate of the NATO-led international military mission in Kabul. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the bombing. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid signified the claim and proceeded to describe the explosives that weighed 1,100 pounds or 500 kilograms [...]

Fifty year old Natalia Estemirova was a human rights campaigner working with Memorial, the Russian human rights organisation which investigated human rights violations both in Chechnya and Russia. She has documented hundreds of human rights abuse in Chechnya and was a well known regional expert. She was a close friend and colleague of famous human [...]