Taliban Afghanistan Attack

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  "No Need To Rush": Turkey's "Advice" To World On Recognising Taliban

  Turkey said on Tuesday there was "no need to rush" in recognising the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, adding that Ankara was still holding discussions about operating Kabul's strategic airport.

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  5 Soldiers Killed As Taliban Terrorists Blow Up Afghanistan Army Outpost

  Taliban fighters detonated explosives planted in a tunnel below an Afghan military outpost, killing five soldiers, a police official said on Wednesday.

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  22 Security Forces Killed In Afghanistan In Two Separate Taliban Attacks

  Taliban terrorists killed at least 22 security forces, including a district police chief, in separate attacks on security checkpoints in two Afghan provinces, officials said on Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections set for this week.

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  Taliban Kills Afghan Officials As Government's Ceasefire Kicks In

  Taliban terrorists killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province, ignoring the temporary ceasefire announced by the government that came into effect on Tuesday.

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  Nine Civilians Killed In Eastern Afghan Province

  At least nine civilians were killed in a night operation by Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, officials said, as fighting continued across Afghanistan.

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  Taliban Kill At Least Six Afghan Police In Humvee Suicide Attack

  A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee into a police headquarters in Afghanistan on Friday killing at least six officers and wounding four others, officials said.

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  50 Dead In Taliban Suicide Attack On Provincial Afghan Police Headquarters

  Two separate suicide and gun attacks on government forces in Afghanistan left nearly 50 dead and more than 200 wounded, officials said Tuesday, the latest devastating assault on beleaguered security forces.

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  Weary Afghan Army Fights On As United States Weighs Troop Increase

  From his sandbagged command post outside the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Brigadier General Mohammad Nasim Sangin says he needs more troops and equipment to beat the Taliban and hold on to ground his soldiers take.

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  Three Killed, Dozens Wounded As Gunmen Storm Bank In Afghanistan

  There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and the attackers' motives were not immediately known, Afghanistan security officials said.

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  Taliban Launch Coordinated Attack On Afghan City Of Kunduz

  The Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the city of Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday morning, setting of a gunbattle with Afghan forces that was still underway hours later, officials said.

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  Taliban Overrun Security Forces To Take Control Of District Headquarters in Eastern Afghanistan

  An Afghan official has said the Taliban have overrun a district headquarters in eastern Afghanistan.

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  1 Policeman Killed In Kabul Hotel Attack: Afghan Ministry

  Afghan authorities say an overnight attack on a Kabul guesthouse for foreign contractors that was claimed by the Taliban left one policeman dead and four wounded.

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  Taliban Attacks Government Offices In Afghanistan: Report

  Casualties were feared as Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan's Helmand province today, sources said.

• Kabul fighting ends with explosions, heavy gunfire

  Heavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul ended on Monday after 18 hours of intense gunfire, rocket attacks and explosions, police and government officials said.

• Afghanistan: 25 killed in a bomb blast

  A roadside bomb ripped through a crowded Afghan bus today, killing up to 25 civilians in a southwestern province on the Iranian border in one of the deadliest such attacks in months.The bomb exploded as the bus travelled on a highway through Nimroz province, provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad and the interior ministry said.Although there was n...