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About 15 injured as car bomb rocks army base in southern Afghanistan
Dec 27, 2017 14:23At least 15 people, mostly soldiers, have been wounded after a car bomb went off near a military base in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Afghanistan, India launch second air corridor to boost trade
Dec 27, 2017 14:23Afghan and Indian authorities have attended a ceremony to inaugurate an air route between the two cities of Kabul and Mumbai amid efforts widen to boost trade between the two neighboring countries.
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More US troops to hit frontlines in Afghanistan
Dec 25, 2017 08:54More American troops are gearing up to hit the frontlines in Afghanistan, says General John Nicholson, who commands US forces in the country.
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Six killed as terrorist blast hits near Afghan intelligence agency compound
Dec 25, 2017 04:07At least six civilians have been killed and three others wounded in another Daesh bomb attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in the capital, Kabul.
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Militant attacks claim more lives in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Dec 24, 2017 15:03More than a dozen people have been killed in attacks carried out by militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials say.
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10,000+ Daesh militants present in Afghanistan: Russia
Dec 24, 2017 12:04A high-ranking Russian official has warned that an estimated 10,000 members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group are currently present in Afghanistan, and that their number is growing due to the relocation of the terror outfit to the Central Asian country after territorial defeats in Syria and Iraq.
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Russia ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan
Dec 23, 2017 14:22Russia says it is ready to engage in cooperation with the United States in Afghanistan as Washington struggles to contain a growing insurgency in the country some 16 years after it was invaded.
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6 police officers killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Dec 22, 2017 05:18At least six police officers have been killed in an attack by the Taliban militant group in southern Afghanistan.
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US vice president makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
Dec 22, 2017 04:22US Vice President Mike Pence has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet with American military officers and Afghan leaders, amid escalating violence in the country despite the presence of thousands of US-led NATO troops there.
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Daesh gunmen raid intelligence training facility in Afghan capital, gunfight underway
Dec 18, 2017 10:28Daesh terrorists have stormed an under-construction facility belonging to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in the Afghan capital Kabul, triggering an intense gunfight with security forces.