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Three Killed In Kabul Suicide Attack, Say Officials
At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group.
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A Slow Loss Against The Afghan Taliban
Earlier this month, a small district center just south of this desolate U.S. base came under attack from Taliban militants who threatened to overrun the local police. Frantic calls arrived from Afghan officials: They needed air support.
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In Kabul, A Young Man Is Skinned Alive
In a remote area of Afghanistan, where thousands of years of hardscrabble tribal culture increasingly mixes with a resurgent Taliban militancy, this is how Fazl Ahmad allegedly died.
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37 Killed In Taliban Siege At Afghan Airport: Defence Ministry
At least 37 people were killed and 35 others wounded after Taliban militants stormed Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan, with one of the 11 assailants still resisting security forces, the defence ministry said today.
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At Least 8 Dead in Taliban Attack on Afghan Airport: Officials
At least eight people were killed after Taliban militants stormed the airport complex in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar city, triggering an all-night gun battle, officials said today.
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Taliban Storm Airport Complex In Afghanistan's Kandahar: Officials
Explosions and gunfire rang out as Taliban militants stormed the airport complex in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, with fighting still ongoing.
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Pakistan Air Strikes Kill 22 Militants: Officials
At least 22 militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets bombarded six insurgent hideouts on the country's troubled northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
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Fears of Afghan Woman Who Secretly Filmed Taliban on Bus
Halfway through the journey home to Kabul, a Taliban militant stopped Fatima's bus, boarded, and began making a speech so extraordinary that the 23-year-old began to surreptitiously film it on her phone.
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Pakistan Militants Strike Checkpoints in Tribal Area, 11 Dead
At least five soldiers and six Taliban militants have been killed after raids on Pakistan army checkpoints in the restive tribal area of Waziristan, security officials say, as the military presses on with an offensive in the Shawal Valley.
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US Drone Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Thursday killed at least five militants, security officials said
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
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Pakistan Court Frees 8 of 10 Men Charged With Nobel Winner Malala's Attack
A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 people charged with organising the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said today.
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Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 44 Militants: Military
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive operation against the Taliban.
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US Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander: Militants
The Pakistani Taliban today said a US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan had killed a senior commander who was a close associate of two of the group's former chiefs.
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Pakistan Hangs 12 Men in Largest Execution Since Moratorium Lifted
Pakistan hanged 12 male convicts on today, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, the largest number of people executed on the same day since an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December.
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Three Killed In Kabul Suicide Attack, Say Officials
At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group.
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A Slow Loss Against The Afghan Taliban
Earlier this month, a small district center just south of this desolate U.S. base came under attack from Taliban militants who threatened to overrun the local police. Frantic calls arrived from Afghan officials: They needed air support.
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In Kabul, A Young Man Is Skinned Alive
In a remote area of Afghanistan, where thousands of years of hardscrabble tribal culture increasingly mixes with a resurgent Taliban militancy, this is how Fazl Ahmad allegedly died.
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37 Killed In Taliban Siege At Afghan Airport: Defence Ministry
At least 37 people were killed and 35 others wounded after Taliban militants stormed Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan, with one of the 11 assailants still resisting security forces, the defence ministry said today.
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At Least 8 Dead in Taliban Attack on Afghan Airport: Officials
At least eight people were killed after Taliban militants stormed the airport complex in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar city, triggering an all-night gun battle, officials said today.
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Taliban Storm Airport Complex In Afghanistan's Kandahar: Officials
Explosions and gunfire rang out as Taliban militants stormed the airport complex in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, with fighting still ongoing.
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Pakistan Air Strikes Kill 22 Militants: Officials
At least 22 militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets bombarded six insurgent hideouts on the country's troubled northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
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Fears of Afghan Woman Who Secretly Filmed Taliban on Bus
Halfway through the journey home to Kabul, a Taliban militant stopped Fatima's bus, boarded, and began making a speech so extraordinary that the 23-year-old began to surreptitiously film it on her phone.
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Pakistan Militants Strike Checkpoints in Tribal Area, 11 Dead
At least five soldiers and six Taliban militants have been killed after raids on Pakistan army checkpoints in the restive tribal area of Waziristan, security officials say, as the military presses on with an offensive in the Shawal Valley.
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US Drone Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Thursday killed at least five militants, security officials said
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
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Pakistan Court Frees 8 of 10 Men Charged With Nobel Winner Malala's Attack
A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 people charged with organising the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said today.
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Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 44 Militants: Military
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive operation against the Taliban.
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US Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander: Militants
The Pakistani Taliban today said a US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan had killed a senior commander who was a close associate of two of the group's former chiefs.
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Pakistan Hangs 12 Men in Largest Execution Since Moratorium Lifted
Pakistan hanged 12 male convicts on today, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, the largest number of people executed on the same day since an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December.
