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On Frontline Of Fear, Afghan Teen Forced To Ferry Arms For Taliban
Hours after the Taliban overran his hometown in northern Afghanistan last week, 17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill- an unwilling and terrified insurgent recruit.
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Afghan Insurgents Launch Late-Night Attack on Kabul Guesthouse
Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were still resisting Afghan security forces more than five hours after the assault began.
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Pakistan Tests Indigenous Drone in Live Combat with Taliban: Reports
Pakistan's indigenously-developed armed drone 'Burraq' has been tested in live combat against militants in the strategic Tirah Valley region of Khyber tribal district near Afghan border and killed senior commanders of the insurgents, according to a media report.
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Taliban is 'Armed Insurgency,' Islamic State is Terror Group, Says US
The US has controversially drawn a distinction between Afghanistan's Taliban and the Islamic State, and described the Taliban as "armed insurgency."
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Afghanistan Ends 2014 With Mix of Violence, Hope
Afghanistan ended 2014 with a mixture of violence and hope today, as a Taliban attack was thwarted, a policeman gunned down his comrades and one of the country's leaders said he had convinced hundreds of insurgents to lay down their arms and support peace efforts.
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Barack Obama Honors Us Vet Who Survived Harrowing Afghan Battle
A US soldier who fought off an "onslaught" of Afghan insurgents despite wounds to his arm and legs received the country's highest military honor Monday at a White House ceremony.
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Taliban Ambush Afghanistan Presidential Security Team Ahead of Visit
Dozens of armed insurgents attacked a convoy carrying a presidential security team in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, sparking a gun battle in which four guards were wounded, an official said.
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Pakistan Pounds Taliban Hideouts for Third Day
Four suspected militants were killed on Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit insurgent targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afghan border.
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Taliban checkpoint attack kills 21 Afghan soldiers
Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked army checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, killing 21 soldiers in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year.
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Taliban attack Pakistan prison holding militants
Taliban insurgents wearing police uniforms and armed with mortars attacked a prison holding hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan on Monday and escaped with prisoners after a gunfight with security forces, officials said.
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On Frontline Of Fear, Afghan Teen Forced To Ferry Arms For Taliban
Hours after the Taliban overran his hometown in northern Afghanistan last week, 17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill- an unwilling and terrified insurgent recruit.
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Afghan Insurgents Launch Late-Night Attack on Kabul Guesthouse
Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were still resisting Afghan security forces more than five hours after the assault began.
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Pakistan Tests Indigenous Drone in Live Combat with Taliban: Reports
Pakistan's indigenously-developed armed drone 'Burraq' has been tested in live combat against militants in the strategic Tirah Valley region of Khyber tribal district near Afghan border and killed senior commanders of the insurgents, according to a media report.
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Taliban is 'Armed Insurgency,' Islamic State is Terror Group, Says US
The US has controversially drawn a distinction between Afghanistan's Taliban and the Islamic State, and described the Taliban as "armed insurgency."
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Afghanistan Ends 2014 With Mix of Violence, Hope
Afghanistan ended 2014 with a mixture of violence and hope today, as a Taliban attack was thwarted, a policeman gunned down his comrades and one of the country's leaders said he had convinced hundreds of insurgents to lay down their arms and support peace efforts.
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Barack Obama Honors Us Vet Who Survived Harrowing Afghan Battle
A US soldier who fought off an "onslaught" of Afghan insurgents despite wounds to his arm and legs received the country's highest military honor Monday at a White House ceremony.
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Taliban Ambush Afghanistan Presidential Security Team Ahead of Visit
Dozens of armed insurgents attacked a convoy carrying a presidential security team in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, sparking a gun battle in which four guards were wounded, an official said.
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Pakistan Pounds Taliban Hideouts for Third Day
Four suspected militants were killed on Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit insurgent targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afghan border.
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Taliban checkpoint attack kills 21 Afghan soldiers
Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked army checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, killing 21 soldiers in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year.
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Taliban attack Pakistan prison holding militants
Taliban insurgents wearing police uniforms and armed with mortars attacked a prison holding hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan on Monday and escaped with prisoners after a gunfight with security forces, officials said.
