Kabul

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Friday night, killing at least eight members of a refugee family who had recently returned from Iran on the outskirts of Kabul. A three-year-old boy, the sole survivor of the family, was injured and is receiving hospital treatment in Kabul.

American academic Dennis Coyle has been released by the Taliban after being held in Afghanistan for over a year. The release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, with Afghanistan's foreign ministry stating he was freed in Kabul.