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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.
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Taliban kill over 30 police in western Afghanistan
May 11, 2018 10:48More than 30 policemen have been killed in separate assaults by Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, officials say.
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Afghanistan's capital hit by coordinated bombings
May 09, 2018 09:13Militants have engaged in a gunfight with police after setting off at least three explosions in two districts of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
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Afghanistan’s poverty rate rises as economy suffers
May 08, 2018 00:56Afghanistan's poverty rate has worsened sharply over the past five years as the economy has stalled and the Taliban insurgency has spread, with more than half the population living on less than a dollar a day, a survey published on Monday showed.
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Afghan police kill would-be bomber in Kabul
May 07, 2018 11:43An Afghan police officer has opened fire, killing a bomber at an outdoor blood donation facility in central Kabul.
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Taliban seize Kohistan district in northern Afghanistan
May 04, 2018 12:06Taliban have seized a district in a remote area of northern Afghanistan following several days of fierce fighting in the wake of the group's annual spring offensive that began last month.
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Iran slams 'inhuman' terrorist attack in Afghan capital
Apr 30, 2018 14:21Foreign Ministry Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bahram Qassemi has denounced twin terrorist bombings in the Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, urging the international community's strict measures to counter terrorism.