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Russia says Afghan peace talks in Moscow postponed
Aug 27, 2018 23:25Russia says international peace talks on Afghanistan – originally planned for next week – have been postponed following a phone conversation between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
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'Tajik aircraft bombs Afghan border after fatal clashes'
Aug 27, 2018 10:22A Tajik aircraft has bombed a northeastern Afghan border area after two Tajik border guards were killed in cross-border clashes with gunmen, Afghan officials say.
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Three killed in bomb blast near election office in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2018 12:09At least three people have been killed in a bomb blast in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.
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Iran resumes electricity exports to Iraq, other countries
Aug 21, 2018 08:50Iran has resumed electricity exports to neighboring countries, including Iraq, after riding out much of the baking summer heat which saw the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius in some cities.
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Militants raid area near Kabul, fire rockets in ongoing fight
Aug 21, 2018 03:22Afghan security forces are engaged in intense fighting with militants, who have attacked an area near the capital, Kabul, officials say.
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Afghan Taliban militants kidnap three passenger buses in Kunduz
Aug 20, 2018 07:45Taliban militants have abducted dozens of passengers traveling in three buses in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, government officials say.
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Afghan president announces ceasefire with Taliban
Aug 20, 2018 04:01Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced a ceasefire agreement with the Taliban militant group to mark Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, an important festival on the Islamic calendar.
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Envoy: Afghanistan-Iran ties on right track
Aug 19, 2018 05:15Afghanistan's Ambassador to Iran Nasir Ahmad Nour underlined that Kabul and Tehran have developed their relations in different fields, specially in political and economic areas.
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Gunmen raid intelligence service center in Afghan capital
Aug 16, 2018 08:12Unknown gunmen have launched an attack on an intelligence service center in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, amid deteriorating security conditions across the war-torn country.
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About 48 martyred in bomb explosion in Shia Muslim neighborhood of Afghan capital
Aug 15, 2018 14:36Nearly 50 people have been martyred in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.