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ISI Made Haqqani Taliban's No 2 To Protect Him From US: Report
Pakistan's powerful ISI had brought in Haqqani network's chief Sirajuddin Haqqani as the deputy leader of the Taliban last year to protect him from the Americans, a media report said today.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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New Taliban Leader Facing Tension as Top Official Quits
A top Taliban official announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a growing leadership struggle in the Afghan insurgent movement after news of the death of leader Mullah Mohammad Omar last week.
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Afghan Taliban Picks up Successor After Mullah Omar's Death: Sources
The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, two Afghan commanders present at a meeting of the militant movement's most senior figures said today, following reports that Mullah Omar is dead.
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Children Among 9 Killed in Afghanistan Attacks
At least nine people were killed across Afghanistan today, including two children who were struck by a bomb blast while gathering firewood, officials said.
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Insurgent Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill 7, Including Judge
Authorities say insurgent attacks across Afghanistan have killed seven people, including a provincial judge.
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Afghan Official Says Insurgents Kill 6 Soldiers
An Afghan army officer says that six soldiers have been killed in the north-western province of Badghis after insurgents launched several attacks on guard posts.
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Afghan Police: Suicide Attack Hits Foreign Convoy
A police officer in the Afghan capital says a suicide attacker has targeted a convoy of foreign vehicles on a main road in eastern Kabul.
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NATO Service Member Killed in Afghanistan
NATO says one its service members has been shot and killed by insurgents in northern Afghanistan.
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Afghan insurgents freed to promote peace: US
The United States has freed up to 20 detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan over the past two years in an effort to promote reconciliation with insurgent groups, the US embassy said on Monday.
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US troops return to deadly Afghan valley in east
Just months after pulling out of a remote slice of eastern Afghanistan dubbed the "Valley of Death," U.S. troops are back reinforcing their once-abandoned bases in the area - a hotbed of the insurgency and a dangerous second front in the decade-old war.
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More than 50 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan, claims NATO
The U.S.-led coalition says more than 50 insurgents have been killed in a military operation at a foreign fighter encampment in eastern Afghanistan.
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ISI Made Haqqani Taliban's No 2 To Protect Him From US: Report
Pakistan's powerful ISI had brought in Haqqani network's chief Sirajuddin Haqqani as the deputy leader of the Taliban last year to protect him from the Americans, a media report said today.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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New Taliban Leader Facing Tension as Top Official Quits
A top Taliban official announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a growing leadership struggle in the Afghan insurgent movement after news of the death of leader Mullah Mohammad Omar last week.
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Afghan Taliban Picks up Successor After Mullah Omar's Death: Sources
The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, two Afghan commanders present at a meeting of the militant movement's most senior figures said today, following reports that Mullah Omar is dead.
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Children Among 9 Killed in Afghanistan Attacks
At least nine people were killed across Afghanistan today, including two children who were struck by a bomb blast while gathering firewood, officials said.
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Insurgent Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill 7, Including Judge
Authorities say insurgent attacks across Afghanistan have killed seven people, including a provincial judge.
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Afghan Official Says Insurgents Kill 6 Soldiers
An Afghan army officer says that six soldiers have been killed in the north-western province of Badghis after insurgents launched several attacks on guard posts.
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Afghan Police: Suicide Attack Hits Foreign Convoy
A police officer in the Afghan capital says a suicide attacker has targeted a convoy of foreign vehicles on a main road in eastern Kabul.
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NATO Service Member Killed in Afghanistan
NATO says one its service members has been shot and killed by insurgents in northern Afghanistan.
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Afghan insurgents freed to promote peace: US
The United States has freed up to 20 detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan over the past two years in an effort to promote reconciliation with insurgent groups, the US embassy said on Monday.
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US troops return to deadly Afghan valley in east
Just months after pulling out of a remote slice of eastern Afghanistan dubbed the "Valley of Death," U.S. troops are back reinforcing their once-abandoned bases in the area - a hotbed of the insurgency and a dangerous second front in the decade-old war.
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More than 50 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan, claims NATO
The U.S.-led coalition says more than 50 insurgents have been killed in a military operation at a foreign fighter encampment in eastern Afghanistan.
