Afghan Spy Agency

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  Iran Says It Arrested 21,000 'Suspects' During 12-Day War With Israel

  Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.

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  Video: Taliban Pour 3,000 Litres Of Liquor Into Kabul Canal

  A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country's spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.

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  Afghan Spy Agency Arrests Four Journalists For "Propaganda": Report

  Afghanistan's spy agency has arrested four journalists for visiting a Taliban-held border town and accused them of spreading enemy "propaganda", officials said Tuesday.

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  Kabul Hotel Attacker Was Trained By Pakistan's ISI, Alleges Afghan Envoy

  Pakistan's spy agency ISI trained a terrorist involved in the attack on Kabul's iconic Intercontinental Hotel in which over 20 people were killed, a top Afghanistan envoy has alleged.

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  Afghan Spy Chief Quits After Ashraf Ghani's Outreach To Pakistan

  The head of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency resigned Thursday, laying bare disagreements with President Ashraf Ghani over his diplomatic outreach to Pakistan aimed at reviving peace talks with the resurgent Taliban.

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  Afghanistan Says Gatherings Mourning Mullah Omar 'Legitimate Target'

  Afghanistan's spy agency on Monday banned all mourning ceremonies for deceased Taliban leader Mullah Omar, warning that any gatherings condoling his death would be a "legitimate target" for Afghan forces.

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  Afghan Spy Agency Says Third Islamic State Commander Killed in Drone Strike

  The Afghan intelligence agency on Thursday said a third top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan was killed in a US drone strike in the country's East this week.

• Afghan Candidate Abdullah Abdullah Seeks Pakistan Cooperation

  Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah said on Thursday he wanted "good neighborly relations" with Pakistan, taking a conciliatory tone after accusations that Islamabad's spy service tried to kill him.

• Back to Basics for Afghan Soldiers as NATO Allies Exit

  A computer without a power cable, a spy camera with English instructions that no one can read, and water-logged accommodation -- life on the frontline can be a long series of setbacks and challenges for Afghan soldiers.

• Murder? What murder? Mystery of Haqqani killing in Pakistan

  A phantom body, clueless cops and busy spies: the fallout from the shooting of a senior Haqqani network leader will do little to dampen suspicions of Pakistani complicity with Islamist militants.

• Pakistanis shot dead in mosque attack, says Kabul

  Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Thursday that its spies shot dead two Pakistanis who opened fire on Afghan worshippers before dawn at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kabul.

• Afghanistan's biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul: spy agency

  Security forces in the Afghan capital have defused a truck bomb packed with nearly eight tonnes of explosives, the biggest of its kind discovered in the country, the spy agency said on Friday amid heightened security.

• 7 killed in suicide attack on Afghan spy agency; Taliban claim responsibility

  Two guards and five insurgents were killed in a suicide attack on the national headquarters of Afghanistan spy agency on Wednesday, officials said.

• Car bomb targets Afghan spy agency in Kabul

  A car bomb exploded in front of the gates of the Afghan intelligence agency on Wednesday, Reuters witnesses said, near heavily barricaded government buildings and Western embassies.

• Afghan spy chief wounded by underpants bomber

  The suicide bomber who tried to assassinate Afghanistan's spy chief detonated a bomb hidden in his underwear, the intelligence agency said on Friday.