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Eight killed as bombing targets gathering of Muslim clerics in Afghan capital
Jun 04, 2018 09:02At least eight people have been killed in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after a bomber detonated his explosive device close to a compound, where senior Muslim clerics were meeting on ways to end violence and promote peace in the war-torn country.
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US commander claims Taliban secretly talking to Kabul
May 31, 2018 03:09A United States military official has claimed that some “leaders” of the Taliban group are involved in negotiations with the Afghan government largely “off the stage,” even as the group keeps launching deadly attacks in Afghanistan.
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Afghan Interior Ministry building under attack in Kabul
May 30, 2018 08:08Afghan security forces are engaged in a gun battle with militants, who have attacked the Interior Ministry building in the capital, Kabul.
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Pakistan adopts bill to merge tribal areas at Afghan border with NW province
May 28, 2018 07:52The provincial assembly of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved a bill to merge the restive tribal regions along the Afghan border with its territory after getting the parliament’s go-ahead.
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Afghans complete rare silk Quran
May 23, 2018 12:29One of the only Qurans ever made from silk fabric has been completed in Afghanistan -- a feat its creators hope will help preserve the country's centuries-old tradition of calligraphy.
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‘Terrorists may move from Afghanistan to Central Asian states’
May 22, 2018 09:26Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that the situation in Afghanistan is not getting any more stable, making it possible that terrorist groups will move to the neighboring countries.
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Bomb kills at least 16 in southern Afghanistan
May 22, 2018 07:38A bombing has left 16 people dead and more than three dozen others injured in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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Five mine clearance workers killed in southern Afghanistan
May 21, 2018 14:09Unidentified gunmen have killed at least five mine disposal technicians and kidnapped one of the workers in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, officials say.
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Taliban warn Kabul residents to avoid military centers ahead of planned attacks
May 21, 2018 12:22The Taliban have warned Afghan civilians to stay away from “military bases” in Kabul as the militant group prepares to launch more attacks in the capital.
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Iran rejects accusations of aiding Taliban in Afghanistan
May 21, 2018 09:14Tehran has rejected accusations that it has been helping a Taliban push in an Afghan province bordering Iran, saying the claim is instigated by US commanders who try to divert public opinion from the real cause of the flare-up in violence.