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Hundreds of more Afghan civilians take up arms against Taliban as conflict
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As deadly clashes in Afghanistan continue to intensify, hundreds of more civilians have taken up arms against the Taliban in support of the government forces in Herat, Patkia, Ghor and Kunduz provinces.
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Taliban urge US to honour Afghan peace deal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As the deadline of the US drawdown from Afghanistan draws near, a senior member of the Taliban has stressed that the group has been continuing to urge the Washington States to honour a peace deal struck by the two sides in February 2020.
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Afghan govt rejects TTP presence in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): The Ashraf Ghani government denied the presence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan on Sunday after Pakistan expressed apprehensions regarding a possible spillover of TTP amid the US drawdown from its neighbouring country.
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Taliban capture border checkpoint in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], June 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban have captured a border crossing in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, resulting in 17 Afghan servicemen retreating into neighboring Tajikistan, the country's border service told Sputnik on Sunday.
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11 injured in explosion targeting bus in Afghanistan's Parwan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): At least eleven people, including women and children, were injured in an explosion that targeted a bus in the city of Charikar, Parwan province on Sunday afternoon.
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Airstrikes kill 6 Taliban mine planters in N. Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Six terrorists have been confirmed dead as fighting planes struck a group of Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Saturday night, an army spokesman in the northern region captain Abdul Razaq said Sunday.
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Afghanistan reports 1,531 new COVID-19 positive cases
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry reported 1,531 new COVID-19 positive cases on Sunday, taking the number of patients infected with the disease to 115,615 in the country.
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US lawmakers, advocates question Biden's plan to evacuate Afghans who assi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): As US President Joe Biden moves ahead with his plan to withdraw Afghans from Kabul who have assisted US military efforts in the country, lawmakers and advocates have raised several questions as the deadline for the plan draws near.
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Taliban trying to take military equipment to Pakistan, says senior Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Amid the US military drawdown from Afghanistan, a senior Afghan security official said that the Taliban is making efforts to transport military equipment captured from Afghan security forces, including tanks, to Pakistan.
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Pakistan hopes 'Taliban won't allow TTP to operate in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): As the deadline for the US exit from Afghanistan draws near, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said that Islamabad is expecting that the Taliban will not allow terrorist groups like TTP (Tehreek-e-Pakistan Taliban) to carry out activities again
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Former US NSA Bolton says, Pakistan directly responsible for Taliban's ret
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 26 (ANI): America's former National Security Advisor (NSA), John Bolton on Friday said that Pakistan is directly responsible for the Taliban's return to power.
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24 terrorist killed in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 24 Taliban terrorists were killed and 15 others wounded in battles in Kunduz city, capital of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province during Friday night, sources said Saturday.
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