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US pull-out puts Afghanistan at risk of turning into next Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Thailand] July 05 (ANI): Former Ambassador John Gunther Dean had described April 12, 1975, as the day when the U.S. "abandoned Cambodia and handed it over to the butcher", there are apprehensions that Afghanistan may be in a similar situation following the US troop pullout from t
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Taliban takes control of key district in Kandahar amid US troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar.
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Afghan security forces gearing up against possible Taliban attacks on majo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 5 (ANI): Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) on Sunday expressed that annihilating the Taliban is their top priority. The commander of Special Operations Corps, Maj. Gen. Hibatullah Alizai said that "strong belts" have been created for the protection
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Taliban captures 2 districts in northeastern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban announced on Sunday they had captured two districts in Afghanistan's northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan.
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Pakistan undertaking dangerous gamble in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): As the US military is continuing with its drawdown from Afghanistan, Pakistan is undertaking a dangerous gamble in the war-torn country and has sought to cultivate radical jihadi groups in the region.
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Magnetic IED blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar kills 2, including governor's
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) blast claimed two lives in Afghanistan's Kandahar on Sunday, including the secretary of Kandahar's governor. Local sources confirmed that the blast occurred in a parking area in the governor's compound.
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Afghan military kills 143 Taliban terrorists in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan Military killed 143 militants of radical movement Taliban and wounded 121 during operations in several Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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3 civilians, 24 Taliban terrorists killed as fighting rages in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): At least three civilians and 24 Taliban terrorists killed in two eastern Afghan provinces as fighting intensifies in the war-torn country.
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US in talks with 3 Central Asian states to provide refuge to 50,000 at-ris
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): Amid US troops withdrawal, thousands of Afghan translators and interpreters face threats from the Taliban as they assisted American troops for two decades during its war against terror in Afghanistan.
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'Pakistan's support to terror groups has left it in perilous state'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating security situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan is more "susceptible to a coup or revolution" due to Prime Minister Imran Khan's lack of control of his country's own military and security apparatus, says political consultant
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Heavy fighting breaks out in Afghanistan's Badakhshan, 20 Taliban terroris
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghnaistan], July 3 (ANI): Twenty Taliban terrorists were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting between Afghan defence forces and the terror group in Badakhshan province.
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US exit from Afghanistan won't be finished in next few days, says Biden
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington (US) July 3 (ANI): The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would not be completed in the next few days, said US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time).
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