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Afghan president announces ceasefire with Taliban
Aug 20, 2018 04:01Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced a ceasefire agreement with the Taliban militant group to mark Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, an important festival on the Islamic calendar.
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Envoy: Afghanistan-Iran ties on right track
Aug 19, 2018 05:15Afghanistan's Ambassador to Iran Nasir Ahmad Nour underlined that Kabul and Tehran have developed their relations in different fields, specially in political and economic areas.
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Gunmen raid intelligence service center in Afghan capital
Aug 16, 2018 08:12Unknown gunmen have launched an attack on an intelligence service center in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, amid deteriorating security conditions across the war-torn country.
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About 48 martyred in bomb explosion in Shia Muslim neighborhood of Afghan capital
Aug 15, 2018 14:36Nearly 50 people have been martyred in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
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Taliban attack another army base in north Afghanistan
Aug 15, 2018 08:34Dozens of Afghan police personnel and soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province, while reports from the southeastern city of Ghazni indicate security forces have managed to push the Taliban back after five days of fierce fighting.
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Taliban seize army base in northern Afghanistan, capture 40 soldiers
Aug 14, 2018 05:24The Taliban militant group has overrun large parts of an army base in Afghanistan’s Northern Province of Faryab and captured dozens of soldiers there, officials say.
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At least 100 Afghan forces killed in battle with Taliban in Ghazni
Aug 13, 2018 15:32Four days of fierce fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants over the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni have claimed the lives of about 100 policemen and soldiers, as well as at least 20 civilians.
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Taliban, Afghan govt. claim embattled Ghazni city
Aug 11, 2018 08:34The Taliban and Afghan government forces have both claimed to have taken control of the country’s eastern city of Ghazni following fierce fighting.
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Taliban raid Ghazni, seize parts of central Afghan city
Aug 10, 2018 03:07Heavy fighting is underway in the Afghan provincial capital of Ghazni following an attack by Taliban militants, with gunfire and blasts ringing out across the city and residents told to stay indoors.
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NATO probes airstrike killing 15 Afghan police officers in Logar
Aug 08, 2018 01:13NATO has launched a probe into the deaths of some 15 Afghan police officers who were killed in a US air strike in eastern Afghanistan.