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About 62 worshippers die in bomb blasts in mosque in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 18, 2019 12:03At least 62 worshippers have been killed and more than 100 injured in bomb explosions at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers.
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UN decries 'unprecedented' civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Oct 17, 2019 14:01The United Nations says an "unprecedented" number of civilians were killed or injured in the third quarter of 2019 across violence-wracked Afghanistan, calling the violence "totally unacceptable."
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Deadly Taliban truck bomb hits near police station in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 16, 2019 09:53A truck bomb explosion near a police station in eastern Afghanistan has left at least three people dead and some 27 others injured, officials say.
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Election-related violence killed dozens in Afghanistan: UN
Oct 15, 2019 15:52A United Nations (UN) report says dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in violence related to Afghanistan’s recent presidential election.
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Abdullah’s running mate describes Afghan presidential poll as fraudulent
Oct 13, 2019 09:55A senior aide to Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah alleges that the country’s recent presidential election is fraudulent.
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US airstrike in Afghanistan in May killed 30 civilians: UN
Oct 09, 2019 13:16A US airstrike that was carried out in Afghanistan in May and was said to have targeted Taliban militants in fact killed at least 30 civilians, a United Nations probe has found.
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Blast wounds 20 students in Afghanistan university
Oct 08, 2019 11:36At least 20 students have been injured in an explosion at a university in central Afghanistan, provincial officials say.
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US 'peace envoy' meets Taliban counterparts for first time since failed deal
Oct 06, 2019 05:29US so-called peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has met with Afghanistan-based Taliban negotiators for the first time since the American president called off a seemingly imminent truce deal with the notorious militants in its bid to end its 18-year war on the terror-ravaged country.
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Pakistan, Taliban urge resumption of Afghan peace talks
Oct 03, 2019 09:41Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban militant group have called for the “earliest resumption” of peace talks to end the United States’ 18-year war in Afghanistan.
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Taliban, US negotiators in Pakistan to try and resume talks
Oct 02, 2019 17:26In a move to get the long-running tough talks going, the co-founder of the Taliban militant group and Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan have traveled to Pakistan.