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Taliban Take Kandahar, Other Key Afghan Cities; Embassies Move Out Staff
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, fuelling fears the U.S.-backed government could fall to the insurgents as international forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war.
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Army Urges Civilians To Evacuate Besieged City After UN Says 40 Have Died
Fighting is raging for Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, with the United Nations saying at least 40 civilians had been killed in the last 24 hours.
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 6 In Afghanistan's Helmand
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who had queued outside a bank in southern Helmand province to collect their salaries, officials said.
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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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Terrorists Storm American University In Kabul
Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.
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Taliban Attacks End Lull In Combat In Afghan Province Of Helmand
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main city of the southern Afghan province of Helmand early on Sunday, ending weeks of relative calm during the annual opium harvest.
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Afghan Forces Free 59 Prisoners From Taliban Jail In South
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern province.
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Afghan Official Warns Helmand Province May Fall To Taliban
Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile southern province warned today.
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Suicide Truck Bomb Kills 2, Wounds At Least 40 in Afghanistan: Officials
A suicide truck bomb attack in southern Afghanistan today killed two civilians and wounded more than 40, officials said, the latest attacks since the Taliban began their annual offensive.
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7 Killed, 41 Injured in Afghan Truck Bomb
A truck bomb set off by a suicide attacker targeting senior provincial officials today killed at least seven civilians and wounded around 40 in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Afghan Soldiers to Blame for Deadly Wedding Bombing: Official
Afghan soldiers were responsible for firing mortars at a wedding party that killed 17 women and children, officials said today, in a mistaken strike that overshadowed the transfer of nationwide security from NATO forces.
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Taliban Take Kandahar, Other Key Afghan Cities; Embassies Move Out Staff
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, fuelling fears the U.S.-backed government could fall to the insurgents as international forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war.
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Army Urges Civilians To Evacuate Besieged City After UN Says 40 Have Died
Fighting is raging for Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, with the United Nations saying at least 40 civilians had been killed in the last 24 hours.
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 6 In Afghanistan's Helmand
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who had queued outside a bank in southern Helmand province to collect their salaries, officials said.
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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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Terrorists Storm American University In Kabul
Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.
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Taliban Attacks End Lull In Combat In Afghan Province Of Helmand
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main city of the southern Afghan province of Helmand early on Sunday, ending weeks of relative calm during the annual opium harvest.
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Afghan Forces Free 59 Prisoners From Taliban Jail In South
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern province.
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Afghan Official Warns Helmand Province May Fall To Taliban
Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile southern province warned today.
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Suicide Truck Bomb Kills 2, Wounds At Least 40 in Afghanistan: Officials
A suicide truck bomb attack in southern Afghanistan today killed two civilians and wounded more than 40, officials said, the latest attacks since the Taliban began their annual offensive.
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7 Killed, 41 Injured in Afghan Truck Bomb
A truck bomb set off by a suicide attacker targeting senior provincial officials today killed at least seven civilians and wounded around 40 in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Afghan Soldiers to Blame for Deadly Wedding Bombing: Official
Afghan soldiers were responsible for firing mortars at a wedding party that killed 17 women and children, officials said today, in a mistaken strike that overshadowed the transfer of nationwide security from NATO forces.
