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India expresses 'deep concern' over targeted killings of journalists, acti
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed 'deep concern' over the recent rise in the targeted killings of journalists and civil society activists in Afghanistan and called for the "immediate and comprehensive" ceasefire in the war-torn country.
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Afghan military releases 13 civilians, policeman from Taliban prison
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan commando forces released 13 civilians and one policeman from a Taliban prison in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the Afghan defense ministry said on Thursday.
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NSA Ajit Doval visits Kabul, discusses Afghan peace process, combating ter
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday visited Kabul and met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib to discuss cooperation in the ongoing peace process and combating terrorism. He also met fo
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Afghanistan: 9 Pakistani terrorists and 5 local Taliban killed in airstrik
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 12 (ANI): Nine Pakistani terrorists and five local Taliban were killed and six other Taliban were wounded in an airstrike on Sunday in Khashrod district of Nimruz province.
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Afghan military kills 11 Taliban terrorists in Ghazni Province
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ghazni [Afghanistan], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan troops thwarted an attack by the Taliban on several security checkpoints in the eastern Ghazni province and killed 11 terrorists, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Shane Getkate added to Ireland squad for UAE, Afghanistan ODIs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 12 (ANI): All-rounder Shane Getkate has been added to Ireland's squad as a replacement for injured David Delany for the series against UAE and Afghanistan.
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Afghan forces remove Taliban 'checkpoints' from Baghlan-Balkh highway
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan commando forces have removed all Taliban "checkpoints" from the Baghlan-Balkh highway as they were being used to extort money from the passersby.
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Afghanistan: 3 killed in Kabul blast
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people have been confirmed dead and another injured as a blast struck a vehicle in Kabul on Sunday, Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said.
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Five Afghan soldiers, platoon commander killed in Taliban attack on checkp
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Kabul [Afghanistan], January 09 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban have attacked a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Takhar, killing five soldiers and a platoon commander, a security source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Looks forward to working towards peaceful Afghanistan: India on chairing U
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 08 (ANI): India looks forward to working towards a peaceful, prosperous, sovereign, democratic and united Afghanistan, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as New Delhi is all set to chair crucial Taliban sanctions committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committ
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Afghanistan: District police chief in Herat killed in Taliban attack
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], January 8 (ANI): Naqibullah Sultanzai, the police chief of Ghorian district, and four security force members, were killed in a Taliban attack on the center of the province on Thursday, Tolo News reported citing a local official.
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Amid distrust, Afghan peace talks in Doha a road to nowhere: PoK activist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 8 (ANI): Amjad Ayub Mirza, an exiled activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir raised doubts over the ongoing peace negotiations held in Doha between the Afghan government and Taliban.
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