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Pentagon announces plan to cut troop numbers in Afghanistan to less than 5,000
Aug 09, 2020 04:34The Pentagon has announced a plan for a sizable reduction of American troop numbers in Afghanistan before the end of November, the month in which the US presidential election will be held.
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Third of Afghans estimated to have contracted coronavirus: Health ministry
Aug 06, 2020 00:49Nearly a third of Afghanistan’s population – or 10 million people – has been infected with the coronavirus, according to health ministry estimates published Wednesday.
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21 people killed in an attack by the Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan
Aug 03, 2020 04:05Afghan officials have confirmed that two dozen people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an ongoing attack by the Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan’s Eastern Nangarhar Province.
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Alleged war crimes by British Special Forces in Afghanistan set to have major repercussions
Aug 03, 2020 02:51New evidence has come to light that British Special Forces in Afghanistan routinely committed war crimes by shooting dead unarmed civilians.
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Fifteen children killed as floods ravage eastern Afghan village
Aug 02, 2020 06:18At least 15 children and a woman were killed and dozens of houses destroyed as flash floods lashed a village in eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.
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US proposes house arrest for ‘most dreaded’ Taliban inmates to break deadlock in talks: Report
Aug 02, 2020 03:53The United States has reportedly proposed that the Taliban militants deemed dangerous be placed under house arrest following their release from Afghan jails as a solution to the stalemate that has delayed the intra-Afghan peace process.
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Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes leave 22 dead
Aug 01, 2020 01:46Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Friday of killing 15 civilians during clashes at a border crossing where crowds were jostling to cross for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
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New Zealand military misled public over civilian deaths in Afghanistan: Report
Jul 31, 2020 10:31A new report into a deadly incursion by New Zealand’s forces in Afghanistan says the military misled senior leaders, government ministers and the public over the civilian casualties ten years ago.
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Suspected car bomb blast kills 18 in eastern Afghanistan
Jul 31, 2020 03:08At least 18 people, including Afghan security personnel, are killed in a suspected car bombing in eastern Afghanistan, shortly before an expected ceasefire between the government and the Taliban militant group.
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Taliban’s three-day ceasefire widely welcomed in Afghanistan
Jul 31, 2020 01:40Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah have exchanged messages on the occasion of Eid al-Adha feast. While the Taliban have agreed to a three-day ceasefire, the government wants the militant group to approve a lasting truce and stop violence in the country.