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Biden orders B-52, C-130 gunships to bomb advancing Taliban insurgents
Aug 08, 2021 04:16US President Joe Biden has reportedly ordered the US Air Force to carry out air strike against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan using B-52 bombers and C-130 Specter gunships after the militants continued advancing towards major Afghan cities.
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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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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.
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Rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, all flights suspended
Aug 01, 2021 07:34The Taliban have fired rockets at a key airport in southern Afghanistan causing flight cancelations, and declaring that the attack was meant to thwart airstrikes by Afghan government forces on the militants' positions.