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Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers, assassinate media official in Kabul
Aug 06, 2021 10:25The Taliban have killed at least 10 Afghan soldiers during heavy clashes to capture a provincial capital, and assassinated a top official in the capital, Kabul.
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Afghan forces resist Taliban advances in Lashkargah city
Aug 06, 2021 04:42Helmand province in southern Afghanistan has become the scene of heavy clashes between the Afghan armed forces and Taliban as the militants have intensified their attacks on the besieged Lashkargah, the capital city of the southern province. Top military officials in Helmand province have urged the residents of the city of Lashkargah to evacuate their homes.
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Taliban say targeting Afghan provincial cities in retaliation for US aerial raids
Aug 06, 2021 03:58The Taliban have switched strategy from targeting rural areas of Afghanistan to attacking provincial cities in response to increased US airstrikes across the war-ravaged country, militant sources say.
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Afghanistan’s insecurity rooted in foreign plots: President Raeisi
Aug 05, 2021 10:08President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the current state of insecurity in Afghanistan is rooted in foreign plots, stressing that security must be established only by the regional countries.
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Heavy blast hits Afghanistan’s acting defense minister
Aug 05, 2021 05:29A huge truck bomb blast hit the residence of Afghanistan’s acting Defense Minister General Besmellah Mohammadi.
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Taliban claim attack on defense min. residence, warn of more raids on govt. officials
Aug 04, 2021 06:31The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Afghan defense minster’s house in the capital, Kabul, threatening to carry out more attacks against top government officials.
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Powerful blasts rock Kabul; Afghan Defense Minister's house targeted
Aug 04, 2021 04:50The Afghan capital of Kabul has been rocked by coordinated strikes targeting the country’s defense minister and several lawmakers, leaving a number of civilian casualties amid an upturn in violence between the Taliban militant group and government forces.
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Turkey: US triggering major refugee crisis by encouraging Afghans to travel to 3rd states
Aug 04, 2021 04:29Turkey has slammed as “irresponsible” a US-declared program to offer potential resettlement to Afghans who served American occupation forces or worked for US-based organizations through third countries, including Turkey, insisting that the move would generate a “great migration crisis” in the region.
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Iran-Afghanistan border crossings operating normally
Aug 04, 2021 00:30All border crossings between Iran and Afghanistan are open and the Afghan business people can cross the border on their own volition, the spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs said.
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Afghan president: We have plan to restore stability in country in six months
Aug 02, 2021 11:21Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani says Kabul has a plan to restore stability in the country in six months despite the fast-deteriorating security situation.