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About 20 killed in twin bombings in Afghan capital
Sep 05, 2018 14:51At least 20 people have been killed and nearly 70 others injured in twin bombings inside a sports club in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul.
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Taliban announce death of founder of Haqqani militant network
Sep 04, 2018 12:10Afghanistan’s Taliban militant group says the founder of its affiliated Haqqani militant network based in Pakistan has died after a long illness.
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US soldier killed, another wounded in Afghanistan 'insider attack'
Sep 04, 2018 03:45An American soldier has been killed and another wounded in Afghanistan in a suspected case of insider attack, the US-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has announced.
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Russia says Afghan peace talks in Moscow postponed
Aug 27, 2018 23:25Russia says international peace talks on Afghanistan – originally planned for next week – have been postponed following a phone conversation between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
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'Tajik aircraft bombs Afghan border after fatal clashes'
Aug 27, 2018 10:22A Tajik aircraft has bombed a northeastern Afghan border area after two Tajik border guards were killed in cross-border clashes with gunmen, Afghan officials say.
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‘The American Prince’ wants to privatize Afghan war
Aug 26, 2018 08:51According to recent reports in the mainstream western media, US President Donald Trump is considering to ‘privatize’ the Afghan war, probably coming round to the ideas of Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater agency of mercenaries, that it is the ‘contractors’ not the troops that will ‘save’ the US in Afghanistan.
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Three killed in bomb blast near election office in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2018 12:09At least three people have been killed in a bomb blast in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.
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Iran resumes electricity exports to Iraq, other countries
Aug 21, 2018 08:50Iran has resumed electricity exports to neighboring countries, including Iraq, after riding out much of the baking summer heat which saw the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius in some cities.
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Militants raid area near Kabul, fire rockets in ongoing fight
Aug 21, 2018 03:22Afghan security forces are engaged in intense fighting with militants, who have attacked an area near the capital, Kabul, officials say.
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Afghan Taliban militants kidnap three passenger buses in Kunduz
Aug 20, 2018 07:45Taliban militants have abducted dozens of passengers traveling in three buses in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, government officials say.