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Around 18 Afghan Soldiers Killed Fighting In Western Province
As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of Farah, local officials said on Saturday.
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With Capturing Sangin District, Afghan Taliban Controls Half The Country's Territory
Taliban fighters have captured the key district of Sangin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand after security forces pulled out, leaving the district centre to the insurgents, officials said on Thursday.
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Afghan Taliban Captures Strategic North District In Kunduz
The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz today, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital which fell briefly to the insurgents last year, officials said.
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Afghan Insurgents Storm Bank in South, Killing 10
Afghan insurgents stormed a bank in the country's restive southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people including three policemen, authorities said.
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Motorcycle bomb kills 8 in southern Afghan market
A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing eight people at dusk as residents broke their daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said.
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Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 18
A minibus ran over a roadside bomb on Friday in Southern Afghanistan, killing all 18 passengers, police said.
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Afghan insurgents hang 8-year-old boy
Insurgents in southern Afghanistan hanged an 8-year-old boy six days after they abducted him, the Afghan government said on Sunday.
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In Afghanistan, insurgents let bombs do fighting
If the battlegrounds of Afghanistan are the "tip of the spear," as Marines like to say, then the remote district of Sangin in Helmand Province may be its very point: the deadliest spot in the hardest-fought province for Marines leading the American offensive in Taliban territory. Marines took over full responsibility for the area in September from ...
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Insurgents attack 2 US bases in east Afghanistan
Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks on Saturday on a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide bombing. NATO said there were no coalition casualties and the attacks were repelled.It said 13 insurgents were killed -- four of whom were wearing suicide vests -- and five captu...
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Around 18 Afghan Soldiers Killed Fighting In Western Province
As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of Farah, local officials said on Saturday.
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With Capturing Sangin District, Afghan Taliban Controls Half The Country's Territory
Taliban fighters have captured the key district of Sangin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand after security forces pulled out, leaving the district centre to the insurgents, officials said on Thursday.
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Afghan Taliban Captures Strategic North District In Kunduz
The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz today, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital which fell briefly to the insurgents last year, officials said.
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Afghan Insurgents Storm Bank in South, Killing 10
Afghan insurgents stormed a bank in the country's restive southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people including three policemen, authorities said.
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Motorcycle bomb kills 8 in southern Afghan market
A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing eight people at dusk as residents broke their daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said.
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Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 18
A minibus ran over a roadside bomb on Friday in Southern Afghanistan, killing all 18 passengers, police said.
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Afghan insurgents hang 8-year-old boy
Insurgents in southern Afghanistan hanged an 8-year-old boy six days after they abducted him, the Afghan government said on Sunday.
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In Afghanistan, insurgents let bombs do fighting
If the battlegrounds of Afghanistan are the "tip of the spear," as Marines like to say, then the remote district of Sangin in Helmand Province may be its very point: the deadliest spot in the hardest-fought province for Marines leading the American offensive in Taliban territory. Marines took over full responsibility for the area in September from ...
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Insurgents attack 2 US bases in east Afghanistan
Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks on Saturday on a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide bombing. NATO said there were no coalition casualties and the attacks were repelled.It said 13 insurgents were killed -- four of whom were wearing suicide vests -- and five captu...
