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10,000+ Daesh militants present in Afghanistan: Russia
Dec 24, 2017 12:04A high-ranking Russian official has warned that an estimated 10,000 members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group are currently present in Afghanistan, and that their number is growing due to the relocation of the terror outfit to the Central Asian country after territorial defeats in Syria and Iraq.
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Russia ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan
Dec 23, 2017 14:22Russia says it is ready to engage in cooperation with the United States in Afghanistan as Washington struggles to contain a growing insurgency in the country some 16 years after it was invaded.
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6 police officers killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Dec 22, 2017 05:18At least six police officers have been killed in an attack by the Taliban militant group in southern Afghanistan.
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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.