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Trump says ‘could win' Afghan war 'in a week’
Jul 23, 2019 02:22US President Donald Trump claims he could “win” the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” suggesting it involves claiming the lives of “10 million people.”
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Eight killed in bomb blast outside Kabul University
Jul 19, 2019 11:20At least eight people have been killed and 33 others injured in a bomb blast near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital.
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Dozen killed in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ in Kandahar
Jul 18, 2019 13:50At least a dozen people have been killed and about 90 others wounded when Taliban militants attacked police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar.
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About 18 Afghan soldiers killed during raid on Taliban positions
Jul 17, 2019 12:31Eighteen Afghan soldiers have been killed during clashes with Taliban militants that erupted after the troops conducted a night raid on their hideouts to capture a top leader of the militant group, government officials say.
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Afghan Taliban force Swedish group to close some medical centers
Jul 17, 2019 08:00Taliban militants in Afghanistan have forced a foreign charity to close more than half of its health centers in a central province.
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Taliban roadside bomb kills 11 people, wounds dozens in Afghanistan’s Kandahar: Officials
Jul 16, 2019 04:45At least 11 civilians have lost their lives and dozens more sustained injuries as the result of a roadside bombing attack by Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Southern Province of Kandahar, officials say.
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Intelligence Ministry disbands 2 drug bands in southeastern Iran
Jul 14, 2019 10:25The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced that the security body has managed to dismantle 2 bands of narcotics traffickers in the Southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan which borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Trump's nominee for top military post warns against early Afghanistan pullout
Jul 14, 2019 01:17Trump Administration’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned against early pullout of US forces in Afghanistan while insisting that China will remain the “primary challenge” to the American military for up to 100 years.
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Taliban militants storm hotel in northwestern Afghanistan, kill at least 8 people
Jul 13, 2019 11:39Members of the Taliban militant group have bomb attacked a hotel in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly a dozen more, officials say.
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US veterans, public say Afghan, Iraq wars unworthy fights
Jul 11, 2019 04:29Nearly 18 years since the US has invaded Afghanistan and almost 16 years after it attacked Iraq, the majorities of American military veterans and the public believe the two wars were “not worth fighting,” a new poll shows.