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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.
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Afghans welcome the arrival of Muslim Unity Week
Dec 07, 2017 10:47Afghans have marked Muslim Unity Week even as they deal with various challenges including war and instability.
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German pilots ground over 220 flights, refuse to deport Afghan refugees
Dec 07, 2017 04:29German pilots in the course of 2017 have stopped more than 220 planned flights that were supposed to repatriate refugees to Afghanistan.
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Afghan lawmakers approve 11 cabinet nominees, reject one after months of stalemate
Dec 04, 2017 14:20Afghanistan's parliament has approved nearly a dozen nominees for ministerial posts after months of deadlock in the embattled unity government.
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Mattis in Pakistan for talks on US military strategy in Afghanistan
Dec 04, 2017 09:14US Defense Secretary James Mattis is on a visit to Pakistan for talks on Washington’s new military strategy in Afghanistan amid friction between the two sides over what the White House calls Islamabad’s support for militant groups.
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Iranian speaker: Drug trafficking source of revenue for terrorist groups
Dec 03, 2017 12:39Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that the terrorist groups are using the trafficking of drugs as a source of revenue for their survival, and lashed out at the NATO for inefficiency of its methods to fight production of narcotics in Afghanistan.
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6 civilians killed, 13 injured in Afghanistan bomb attack
Dec 03, 2017 11:04A major blast has rocked the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province, leaving at least six civilians dead and thirteen others injured.
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Daesh terrorists kill 2 policemen in bomb attack in Nangarhar
Dec 02, 2017 14:25The Daesh Takfiri terrorists have killed at least two members of Afghan security forces and inflicted injuries on nearly a dozen others, including civilians, in an ambush carried out in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials say.