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Bomb kills at least 16 in southern Afghanistan
May 22, 2018 07:38A bombing has left 16 people dead and more than three dozen others injured in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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Five mine clearance workers killed in southern Afghanistan
May 21, 2018 14:09Unidentified gunmen have killed at least five mine disposal technicians and kidnapped one of the workers in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, officials say.
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Taliban warn Kabul residents to avoid military centers ahead of planned attacks
May 21, 2018 12:22The Taliban have warned Afghan civilians to stay away from “military bases” in Kabul as the militant group prepares to launch more attacks in the capital.
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Iran rejects accusations of aiding Taliban in Afghanistan
May 21, 2018 09:14Tehran has rejected accusations that it has been helping a Taliban push in an Afghan province bordering Iran, saying the claim is instigated by US commanders who try to divert public opinion from the real cause of the flare-up in violence.
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India says Iran sanctions threaten Afghan corridor
May 20, 2018 08:34Concerns are rising in New Delhi that US President Donald Trump’s efforts to re-instate sanctions against Iran would jeopardize an ambitious multinational connectivity project involving India, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Multiple blast hit sports stadium in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city
May 19, 2018 12:29At least eight people have been killed and dozens of others wounded as multiple blasts hit a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban forced to retreat from western city they attacked: Afghan officials
May 17, 2018 08:49Afghan commandos, backed by US airstrikes, have managed to push attacking Taliban militants back to the outskirts of the western city of Farah following a day of fierce fighting, officials say.
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‘Afghanistan not to turn into platform for enemies' threats against Iran’
May 13, 2018 09:25Afghan Defense Minister General Tariq Shah Bahrami appreciated Tehran for its assistance to his country in most difficult conditions, stressing that Afghanistan will not turn into a platform for threats and attacks against Iran.
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Afghanistan wants Iran to rid it of terrorism scourge
May 13, 2018 07:37Afghanistan's Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami has discussed stepped-up military and defense cooperation with Iran which is wary of Daesh's presence near its borders.
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Daesh, US weapon of choice against regional security: Iran
May 13, 2018 01:26Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the emergence and expansion of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan is a "very dangerous phenomenon," expressing Tehran's readiness to cooperate with Kabul in the fight against terrorism.