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Iran urges cessation of Afghan violence as Kandahar vote delayed
Oct 19, 2018 10:13Iran has strongly denounced Thursday's assassination of three senior officials in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, urging the conflicting sides to cease violence on the eve of parliamentary polls that have been delayed in the province by a week as a result of the assassinations.
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One killed, 3 injured as Taliban raid top US general's meeting
Oct 18, 2018 15:21One of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials has been killed and two Americans injured in a shooting at a high-level security meeting in Afghanistan, attended by top US commander General Scott Miller.
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Afghan election candidate killed in bombing at his office
Oct 17, 2018 09:27A bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed an Afghan candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the war-torn country, with Taliban terrorists claiming responsibility for the deadly attack.
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Taliban attacks kill, wound dozens of Afghan forces
Oct 16, 2018 09:30Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed and wounded dozens of Afghan police forces, including a provincial police chief, in heavy fighting in the northern and central parts of the country.
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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.