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Pakistani troops destroy 5 Afghan border posts, kill 50 soldiers: Army
May 07, 2017 12:47The Pakistani army says it has destroyed up to five Afghan border checkpoints and killed 50 security personnel in retaliation to a recent alleged Afghan cross-border attack on Pakistan, which left several people dead.
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Iran, Afghanistan discuss terror threat as Zarif visits Kabul
May 07, 2017 12:40Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Afghanistan which is facing a resurgent Taliban and an emerging Daesh threat despite the presence of foreign troops.
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FM to discuss mutual, regional issues in Afghanistan
May 06, 2017 12:24Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to set off for Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with senior Afghan officials.
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Taliban seize district near Afghanistan’s Kunduz
May 06, 2017 12:18Taliban terrorists have seized control of a district near the Afghan city of Kunduz after a day of heavy clashes with security forces there.
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Daesh is a US product: Afghanistan's ex-president
May 06, 2017 09:44Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai holds the US responsible for the rise of Daesh in his homeland, saying Washington is in cahoots with the notorious terrorist group it has created.
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Fire fight on Afghanistan-Pakistan border kills 9, injures 42
May 05, 2017 10:59Forces from Afghanistan and Pakistan have clashed at the border between the two countries, leaving at least nine people dead and 42 others wounded.
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Hekmatyar returns to Kabul after peace deal with Afghan government
May 04, 2017 15:10Former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has returned to the capital Kabul eight months after signing a peace deal with the administration of President Ashraf Ghani.
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Pentagon weighs 5,000 additional troops for Afghanistan
May 01, 2017 12:29The Donald Trump administration is considering plans to deploy as many as 5,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan, a move that could signal a strategy shift years after the US officially ended its combat mission in the country, officials say.
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Over 40 terrorists killed in Afghanistan in past 24 hours
Apr 30, 2017 10:00At least 43 terrorists have been killed during a counter-terrorism operation in Afghanistan over the last 24 hours, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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Afghan Taliban declare start of ‘spring offensive’
Apr 28, 2017 03:30The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan has announced the start of its so-called spring offensive, a heightened campaign of bombings, ambush attacks, and other raids that begins as weather conditions improve.