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26 Dead, Clashes Continue After Taliban Storms City Near Kabul
Fighting continued around Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after Taliban terrorists stormed the city in a stark show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said.
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Over 100 Killed, Wounded In Taliban Attack On Afghan Military Base: Government
More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Saturday.
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2 Dead, Over 100 Injured As Taliban Attack German Consulate In Afghanistan
A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan's northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 in a major militant assault in the war-torn country.
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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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Pentagon Chief In Afghanistan As Violence Escalates
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Afghanistan Friday for meetings with military commanders, as the security situation deteriorates with a surge in Taliban attacks and the creeping emergence of the Islamic State group.
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Taliban Hold Out in Northern Afghan City, District in Northeast Falls
Taliban fighters are holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz today, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency.
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Two US Soldiers Killed by Taliban Attack Near Afghan Capital
A Taliban bomb killed two American soldiers in a NATO convoy late on Friday night near the US Bagram Airfield base north of Kabul, a US defence official said on Saturday.
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Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill At Least Five People
Attacks across Afghanistan, including a suicide attack on a border police outpost in the country's south, killed at least five people Wednesday, authorities said.
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Taliban Kill 21 at Start of Afghan Spring Fighting
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks that killed 21 people around the country, making a show of strength to start the spring fighting season. The annual surge in violence poses a new test for Afghan security forces, who for the first time will face it largely on their own as international combat forces prepare to withdraw.
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Afghan Taliban kill 44 in suicide attack on courtroom
Nine Taliban suicide bombers killed themselves and 44 others on Wednesday in an attack on a courtroom in western Afghanistan where 10 of their comrades were on trial, a local official said.
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Afghan leaders fear execution in Taliban birthplace
After a spate of Taliban assassinations in the key Afghan city of Kandahar, top politicians and police are stepping up security in a desperate bid to ensure they are not next to die.
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Twin attacks by Taliban in south Afghanistan; 19 dead
Two suicide bombers and militants armed with heavy weapons launched twin attacks targeting the Afghan government and its allies on Thursday, killing at least 19 people in the latest outburst of violence weakening the government's grip on the Taliban's southern heartland.
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26 Dead, Clashes Continue After Taliban Storms City Near Kabul
Fighting continued around Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after Taliban terrorists stormed the city in a stark show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said.
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Over 100 Killed, Wounded In Taliban Attack On Afghan Military Base: Government
More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Saturday.
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2 Dead, Over 100 Injured As Taliban Attack German Consulate In Afghanistan
A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan's northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 in a major militant assault in the war-torn country.
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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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Pentagon Chief In Afghanistan As Violence Escalates
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Afghanistan Friday for meetings with military commanders, as the security situation deteriorates with a surge in Taliban attacks and the creeping emergence of the Islamic State group.
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Taliban Hold Out in Northern Afghan City, District in Northeast Falls
Taliban fighters are holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz today, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency.
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Two US Soldiers Killed by Taliban Attack Near Afghan Capital
A Taliban bomb killed two American soldiers in a NATO convoy late on Friday night near the US Bagram Airfield base north of Kabul, a US defence official said on Saturday.
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Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill At Least Five People
Attacks across Afghanistan, including a suicide attack on a border police outpost in the country's south, killed at least five people Wednesday, authorities said.
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Taliban Kill 21 at Start of Afghan Spring Fighting
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks that killed 21 people around the country, making a show of strength to start the spring fighting season. The annual surge in violence poses a new test for Afghan security forces, who for the first time will face it largely on their own as international combat forces prepare to withdraw.
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Afghan Taliban kill 44 in suicide attack on courtroom
Nine Taliban suicide bombers killed themselves and 44 others on Wednesday in an attack on a courtroom in western Afghanistan where 10 of their comrades were on trial, a local official said.
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Afghan leaders fear execution in Taliban birthplace
After a spate of Taliban assassinations in the key Afghan city of Kandahar, top politicians and police are stepping up security in a desperate bid to ensure they are not next to die.
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Twin attacks by Taliban in south Afghanistan; 19 dead
Two suicide bombers and militants armed with heavy weapons launched twin attacks targeting the Afghan government and its allies on Thursday, killing at least 19 people in the latest outburst of violence weakening the government's grip on the Taliban's southern heartland.
