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“Iran talking to Taliban ‘to aid Afghan security’”
Dec 26, 2018 08:05Iran’s top security official has confirmed that the country has been holding talks with the Afghan Taliban in coordination with Kabul to help relieve rampant insecurity in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan foreign minister in China discusses US troop pullout from Afghanistan
Dec 25, 2018 16:45The foreign ministers of China and Pakistan have discussed "new changes" to the situation in Afghanistan amid plans by the United States to withdraw about half of its 14,000 troops based in the war-torn country.
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Blast, gunfire rock govt. compound in ongoing attack in Afghan capital
Dec 24, 2018 10:30Several people have been injured as militants detonated a car packed with explosives before storming a Kabul government compound in an ongoing attack in the Afghan capital.
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Afghanistan: Ghani replaces top security chiefs amid rising Taliban insurgency
Dec 23, 2018 15:16Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials in the wake of intensified assaults by the militant group across the war-ravaged country.
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NATO vows continued engagement in Afghanistan amid US troop pullout plan
Dec 22, 2018 04:03NATO has emphasized its commitment to maintaining its armed forces in Afghanistan despite Washington’s announcement of its intent to pull out thousands of US troops from the war-torn country.
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US to withdraw half of its 14,000 troops from Afghanistan
Dec 21, 2018 04:10US President Donald Trump has ordered the start of withdrawing some 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, about half of the total number of American boots on the ground in the war-torn country.
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China, Afghanistan, Pakistan agree on joint anti-terror efforts
Dec 16, 2018 05:05China has pledged to help Afghanistan and Pakistan put into effect a memorandum of understanding signed by the three sides on security cooperation aimed at curbing militancy and ending longstanding suspicions between Kabul and Islamabad over security issues.
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US airstrike kills 20 civilians in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar: Officials
Dec 15, 2018 16:46At least 20 women and children have been killed in an airstrike conducted by US warplanes in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, local officials say.
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Afghanistan finds saffron as antidote to opium production
Dec 13, 2018 15:30The Afghan government has increased saffron production by 22 percent this year as part of a plan to create an alternative source of income for farmers dependent on opium poppy cultivation.
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Afghan forces eliminating Taliban field commanders seen obstacle to peace
Dec 13, 2018 15:29Afghan forces, backed by US aerial raids, are targeting Taliban field commanders whom they see as a major obstacle to possible peace talks with Kabul and Washington, officials and security sources say.