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US vice president makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
Dec 22, 2017 04:22US Vice President Mike Pence has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet with American military officers and Afghan leaders, amid escalating violence in the country despite the presence of thousands of US-led NATO troops there.
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Daesh gunmen raid intelligence training facility in Afghan capital, gunfight underway
Dec 18, 2017 10:28Daesh terrorists have stormed an under-construction facility belonging to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in the Afghan capital Kabul, triggering an intense gunfight with security forces.
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Taliban kills 11 policemen in separate attacks in Afghanistan’s Helmand
Dec 17, 2017 14:23The Taliban terrorists have killed at least 11 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints in the volatile province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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US pressuring Afghanistan to ditch free Kalashnikovs, buy American weapons: Lavrov
Dec 16, 2017 05:07The United States has been pressuring Afghanistan to ditch the thousands of free Kalashnikov assault rifles that it has received from Russia and buy American equivalents instead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
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Female Afghan officers receive military training in India
Dec 13, 2017 13:00Nearly two dozen female Afghan officers are receiving weapons training at a military academy in southern India.
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'Afghanistan, Pakistan Daesh next target'
Dec 12, 2017 11:59Iran's Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi warned that the Daesh terrorist group which has sustained heavy defeats in Iraq and Syria is now attempting to find a new shelter, naming Afghanistan and Pakistan as its main target.
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Minister: Afghanistan possible destination of thousands of fleeing Daesh terrorists
Dec 12, 2017 11:51Afghan Minister of Haj and Islamic Affairs, Faiz Mohammad Osmani, warned that thousands of Daesh terrorists who fled Syria have picked up Afghanistan as their next target.
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At least 3 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan
Dec 09, 2017 11:46At least three soldiers have been killed after Taliban militants launched an attack on a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Ghazni.
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Uzbekistan, Afghanistan sign rail deal with eyes on Iran
Dec 08, 2017 09:52Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement to extend a railway between the two countries which could give Uzbekistan a strategic access to the Persian Gulf through Iran.
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Germany expels 27 Afghans, ignoring protests
Dec 07, 2017 11:00Germany expels 27 Afghan men, despite fierce protests from opponents who say it is not safe to return them to war-torn Afghanistan.