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Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan in Iran for talks
Oct 18, 2020 05:14Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah has traveled to Iran after visiting India and Pakistan in an effort to build a consensus on the peace process in his country.
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Afghan forces kill over 70 Taliban militants, detain local leader in Helmand: officials
Oct 12, 2020 11:12Afghan military forces have carried out an attack on a group of Taliban militants in Helmand, killing scores of them and arresting the group’s local governor days after an escalation of fighting in the southern province.
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Afghans mark Arbaeen amid security threats, coronavirus pandemic
Oct 08, 2020 18:22This year, people in Afghanistan have preferred to mark Arba'een inside mosques, cultural centers and other religious sites due to serious concerns about security threats mainly coming from the Daesh terrorist group as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trump says to withdraw forces from Afghanistan by year's end
Oct 08, 2020 06:09The United States is planning to withdraw all of its forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year, speeding up the timeline for ending America's longest war.
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Bloody violence hits Afghanistan as President Ghani heads to Doha for talks
Oct 05, 2020 11:00Fresh bloodshed has rocked Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul for a visit to Doha for meetings with Qatari officials amid inconclusive US-brokered negotiations with the Taliban militants.
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15 killed, 30 injured in suspected Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 03, 2020 13:38At least 15 people have lost their lives and more than two dozen others sustained injuries after a car bomb attack blamed on the Taliban militant group targeted a government building in eastern Afghanistan.
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Kabul, Islamabad call for new era of relations
Sep 29, 2020 15:28Pakistan and Afghanistan have called for a new era of relations as the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, continues a tour of the neighboring country.
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Afghan police confiscate tonnes of bomb-making chemical in Kabul
Sep 29, 2020 05:59Afghan police have confiscated a massive amount of sodium nitrate in the capital, Kabul, a chemical compound used in the making of car bombs and improvised explosive devices.
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Iran envoy holds talks with German, Uzbek diplomats on Afghanistan
Sep 29, 2020 03:46Iran’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian held telephone conversations with the Uzbek president's special envoy as well as Germany's envoy for Afghanistan.
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Taliban massacre 28 police officers in southern Afghanistan
Sep 24, 2020 05:42At least 28 Afghan police officers are massacred by the Taliban militants at security checkpoints in southern Afghanistan.