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Taliban storm Afghan military base, kill 43 soldiers
Oct 19, 2017 06:09Taliban militants have attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 43 soldiers.
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Taliban attacks leave 50 dead, 200 injured in two Afghan provinces
Oct 17, 2017 09:54The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 200 others injured.
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UN says Afghan civilian casualties rise amid US airstrikes
Oct 12, 2017 12:58The United Nations says Afghan civilian casualties from American and Afghan airstrikes have risen more than 50 percent since last year.
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Quartet to meet in Oman to revive Afghan peace talks with Taliban
Oct 11, 2017 13:28The four-nation Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QGC), comprising Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States, are expected to hold a meeting in Oman next week to revive stalled peace talks involving the Taliban militant group.
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US occupiers, Taliban and now Daesh are cause of Afghan disaster
Oct 11, 2017 07:07October 7 marked the 16th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan.
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Red Cross to scale down humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan over militant attacks
Oct 09, 2017 06:53The International Committee of the Red Cross has decided to “drastically” reduce the number of its relief workers in Afghanistan after seven of its employees were killed in attacks earlier this year.
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2 Afghan Police, 7 militants killed in attacks
Oct 08, 2017 09:53At least seven Taliban insurgents have been killed during an airstrike by Afghan security forces in northern Sar-e-Pul Province.
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Kabul protesters want foreign forces out of Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2017 15:31Afghans have taken to the streets of the capital Kabul to protest against the presence of foreign troops in the country.
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US to ask NATO for 1,000 more troops for Afghanistan
Oct 05, 2017 14:21The US will ask NATO members to contribute about 1,000 extra troops to help in the battle against the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan, the new US ambassador to the military alliance says.
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Former President Karzai slams ‘US new policy’ on Afghanistan
Oct 05, 2017 10:26Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lambasted the United States’ new policy toward his country, saying it carries a “message of war and bloodshed” in the region.