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US airstrike in Helmand killed 23 civilians, UN says
Nov 30, 2018 11:28At least 23 civilians, most of them women and children, have been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, the UN says.
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Australia police now probing army for war crimes in Afghanistan
Nov 29, 2018 04:10Australian police have launched an investigation into possible war crimes by members of the Australian army in war-torn Afghanistan.
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Iranian police seize over 12 tons of illicit drugs in a week
Nov 29, 2018 03:28Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have managed to capture more than 12,000 kilograms of various kinds of illicit drugs across the country over the past week, the deputy commander of anti-drug headquarters announced on Wednesday.
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10 killed in attack on British security company in Kabul
Nov 29, 2018 03:14At least 10 people have been killed and nearly 20 others wounded in a bomb attack on a British security company's compound in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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Iran calls on world to engage Taliban in ‘inclusive’ dialogue with Afghan govt.
Nov 29, 2018 02:35Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the international community to engage the Taliban in an "inclusive" dialogue with the Afghan government in a bid to restore peace to the war-torn nation.
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US airstrikes kill 30 civilians in Afghanistan's Helmand
Nov 28, 2018 16:52Airstrikes conducted by the US military has killed at least 30 civilians, including children and women, in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand amid a spike in civilian deaths from aerial attacks.
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At least 3 US troops killed in bomb attack in central Afghanistan
Nov 27, 2018 11:53At least three US servicemen have been killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in central Afghanistan, the NATO mission in the war-torn country says.
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Taliban ambush Afghan police convoy, kill at least 22
Nov 26, 2018 08:51Taliban militants in Afghanistan have ambushed a police convoy, reportedly killing at least 22 people, as Afghan authorities consider postponing the presidential election scheduled for next year.
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Head of Kabul Ulema Council killed in attack by unknown gunmen
Nov 24, 2018 14:01The head of Kabul Ulema Council, where Afghanistan's top religious leaders gather, has been killed by armed men in the capital, official sources say.
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Friday prayers bombing kills 26 Afghan security guards
Nov 23, 2018 15:00At least 26 people have been killed when an explosion hit a mosque in an army base in eastern Afghanistan, local security officials say.