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7 Afghan Military Personnel Killed After Taliban Raid Army Post
Taliban fighters killed as many as seven Afghan commandos in an hours-long attack on an army outpost, a lawmaker and the defence ministry said Wednesday.
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Taliban Attacks Over Dozen Of Afghan Army Base Few Days After Peace Deal
The Taliban carried out more than a dozen attacks on Afghan army bases, officials said Tuesday, hours after ending a partial truce and throwing into doubt peace talks between Kabul and the insurgents.
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Weary Afghan Army Fights On As United States Weighs Troop Increase
From his sandbagged command post outside the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Brigadier General Mohammad Nasim Sangin says he needs more troops and equipment to beat the Taliban and hold on to ground his soldiers take.
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Afghan Army Launches First Surveillance Drones In Helmand Province
Aided by American advisers, the Afghan army on Monday launched its first unmanned surveillance drones from a base in Helmand province to try to expand its ability to provide its own air support.
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12 Killed In Taliban Suicide Attack On Afghan Army Recruits
At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army recruits near the eastern city of Jalalabad, officials said.
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Stretched By Its Fight Against Taliban, Afghan Army Raises Recruitment Age
The Afghan army, struggling to defeat a resilient Taliban, has begun enlisting men as old as 40 to replenish a force thinned by casualties, defections and attrition.
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Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban, Calls on US for Help
The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.
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A Helicopter Deal for India That's Likely to Rile Pakistan
Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul's search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
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Barack Obama Troop Plan Just Enough to Prop up Afghan Army: Experts
The decision to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan drives home the hard truth that despite billions of dollars and years of training, Afghan security forces are far from ready to go it alone.
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Afghanistan Mounts Offensive To Retake Kunduz City From Taliban
Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city in their biggest victory since being ousted from power in 2001.
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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Afghanistan Market: Officials
A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market today, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks.
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Afghanistan Officials Say 14 Soldiers Killed in US Airstrike
At least 14 Afghan soldiers were killed in a US airstrike early Monday on an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, officials said.
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Afghan Parliament Rejects President Ashraf Ghani's Choice for Defence Post
Afghanistan's parliament on Saturday rejected President Ashraf Ghani's nominee for defence ministry, a crucial post that has sat vacant for months as stretched security forces fight to secure territory from a revitalised Taliban.
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Taliban Advance on Key Northern Afghan City
Taliban insurgents advancing on the capital of a northern Afghan province have captured a key adjoining district, officials said Sunday, sparking renewed alarm among residents who fear the fall of the besieged city.
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7 Afghan Military Personnel Killed After Taliban Raid Army Post
Taliban fighters killed as many as seven Afghan commandos in an hours-long attack on an army outpost, a lawmaker and the defence ministry said Wednesday.
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Taliban Attacks Over Dozen Of Afghan Army Base Few Days After Peace Deal
The Taliban carried out more than a dozen attacks on Afghan army bases, officials said Tuesday, hours after ending a partial truce and throwing into doubt peace talks between Kabul and the insurgents.
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Weary Afghan Army Fights On As United States Weighs Troop Increase
From his sandbagged command post outside the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Brigadier General Mohammad Nasim Sangin says he needs more troops and equipment to beat the Taliban and hold on to ground his soldiers take.
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Afghan Army Launches First Surveillance Drones In Helmand Province
Aided by American advisers, the Afghan army on Monday launched its first unmanned surveillance drones from a base in Helmand province to try to expand its ability to provide its own air support.
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12 Killed In Taliban Suicide Attack On Afghan Army Recruits
At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army recruits near the eastern city of Jalalabad, officials said.
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Stretched By Its Fight Against Taliban, Afghan Army Raises Recruitment Age
The Afghan army, struggling to defeat a resilient Taliban, has begun enlisting men as old as 40 to replenish a force thinned by casualties, defections and attrition.
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Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban, Calls on US for Help
The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.
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A Helicopter Deal for India That's Likely to Rile Pakistan
Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul's search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
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Barack Obama Troop Plan Just Enough to Prop up Afghan Army: Experts
The decision to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan drives home the hard truth that despite billions of dollars and years of training, Afghan security forces are far from ready to go it alone.
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Afghanistan Mounts Offensive To Retake Kunduz City From Taliban
Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city in their biggest victory since being ousted from power in 2001.
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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Afghanistan Market: Officials
A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market today, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks.
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Afghanistan Officials Say 14 Soldiers Killed in US Airstrike
At least 14 Afghan soldiers were killed in a US airstrike early Monday on an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, officials said.
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Afghan Parliament Rejects President Ashraf Ghani's Choice for Defence Post
Afghanistan's parliament on Saturday rejected President Ashraf Ghani's nominee for defence ministry, a crucial post that has sat vacant for months as stretched security forces fight to secure territory from a revitalised Taliban.
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Taliban Advance on Key Northern Afghan City
Taliban insurgents advancing on the capital of a northern Afghan province have captured a key adjoining district, officials said Sunday, sparking renewed alarm among residents who fear the fall of the besieged city.
