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Taliban Attack Kills Five Afghan Police, Injures 15
At least five Afghan policemen were killed and 15 people injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack by Taliban insurgents on the police headquarters in an eastern city Sunday, authorities said.The assault on the headquarters in Gardez, which was still continuing, was launched at 6:00 am, said the regional police commander, Asadullah Shirzad.
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In 'Special Message', Taliban Leader Urges Afghans To Plant More Trees
The Taliban group in Afghanistan on Sunday used a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to call on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good.
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Afghanistan Seeks $3B In Aid As Corruption Concerns Persist
Afghanistan's leaders will head to Brussels this week, seeking billions of dollars in aid as the country confronts an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency and pervasive corruption.
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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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Taliban Capture Key District In Afghanistan North
Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said today.
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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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Four-Country Talks On Taliban To Begin In Pakistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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US Air Strikes Hit Targets In Embattled Afghan District Sangin
US aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday, as the battle for the strategic province of Helmand continued.
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Afghan Taliban Bomber Kills 6 US Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six US soldiers near Kabul Monday, in a brazen attack as the resurgent militant group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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Slow Road From Kabul Highlights China's Challenge in Afghanistan
A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
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Islamic State Kidnaps, Kills 7 in Southern Afghanistan: Police
Islamic State militants kidnapped and killed seven people, including three women, in the southern province of Zabul, a police official said today, amid heavy fighting in the region between the group and Taliban insurgents
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A Helicopter Deal for India That's Likely to Rile Pakistan
Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul's search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Attack Kills Five Afghan Police, Injures 15
At least five Afghan policemen were killed and 15 people injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack by Taliban insurgents on the police headquarters in an eastern city Sunday, authorities said.The assault on the headquarters in Gardez, which was still continuing, was launched at 6:00 am, said the regional police commander, Asadullah Shirzad.
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In 'Special Message', Taliban Leader Urges Afghans To Plant More Trees
The Taliban group in Afghanistan on Sunday used a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to call on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good.
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Afghanistan Seeks $3B In Aid As Corruption Concerns Persist
Afghanistan's leaders will head to Brussels this week, seeking billions of dollars in aid as the country confronts an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency and pervasive corruption.
-
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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Taliban Capture Key District In Afghanistan North
Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said today.
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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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Four-Country Talks On Taliban To Begin In Pakistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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US Air Strikes Hit Targets In Embattled Afghan District Sangin
US aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday, as the battle for the strategic province of Helmand continued.
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Afghan Taliban Bomber Kills 6 US Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six US soldiers near Kabul Monday, in a brazen attack as the resurgent militant group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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Slow Road From Kabul Highlights China's Challenge in Afghanistan
A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
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Islamic State Kidnaps, Kills 7 in Southern Afghanistan: Police
Islamic State militants kidnapped and killed seven people, including three women, in the southern province of Zabul, a police official said today, amid heavy fighting in the region between the group and Taliban insurgents
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A Helicopter Deal for India That's Likely to Rile Pakistan
Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul's search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
