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Taliban agrees to continue talks with US
Oct 14, 2018 03:43Afghan militant group Taliban have announced they will continue the so-called peace talks with the United States, insisting however that no tangible agreement has been reached in a first round of meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha.
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Bomb blast kills over dozen Afghans at election rally
Oct 13, 2018 11:07A bomb attack at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of over a dozen people and left above 30 wounded.
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US new point man on Afghanistan meets with Taliban in Qatar: Report
Oct 13, 2018 08:06US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has reportedly met with the Taliban representatives in Qatar in an effort to bring the militant group to the negotiating table.
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More than 8,000 Afghan civilians killed, wounded so far in 2018, UN reports
Oct 10, 2018 14:25The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says at least 8,050 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first nine months of 2018.
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Taliban kill 10 policemen in ongoing fight in Afghanistan
Oct 07, 2018 06:39The Taliban militant group has killed at least 10 policemen amid violent clashes in the Central Afghan Province of Wardak.
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Bomb explosions kill 2 Afghan security forces, injure 9, including civilians, in Kabul
Oct 07, 2018 05:52At least two Afghan security forces have been killed in two back-to-back bomb explosions in an eastern neighborhood of the capital Kabul, local police say.
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Taliban launch assault in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province
Oct 06, 2018 13:34The Taliban have destroyed a number of bridges and have set up checkpoints in Ghazni province in a bid to gain control over a vital highway linking Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul to the southern areas of the country.
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Most Americans think US has failed in Afghanistan: Poll
Oct 06, 2018 05:09Almost half of Americans think the United States has failed to achieve its goals in Afghanistan after some 17 years into a war that was supposed to end the rule of Taliban and resolve the issue of terrorism in the South Asian country, a new poll shows.
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Blast hits election rally in Afghanistan, kills 13
Oct 02, 2018 08:54A bomb attack has hit an election campaign rally in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people and wounding many more.
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Taliban deny meeting Afghan officials in Saudi Arabia ahead of elections
Sep 29, 2018 10:12A Taliban spokesman has rejected reports that the group’s representatives have met an Afghan government delegation this week in Saudi Arabia, after sources said a meeting was held to discuss security issues ahead of Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections.