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Afghanistan: Top al-Qaeda leader killed in US airstrike
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 16 (ANI): A top al-Qaeda terrorist leader in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) was killed in a United States' led airstrike on April 23 in eastern Afghanistan, the US forces confirmed on Wednesday.
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Four IS militants killed in Afghan airstrike
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Apr 5 (ANI): Four Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in an airstrike operation launched by Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, according to local officials on Thursday.
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3 killed in motorcycle blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 19 (ANI): Three people were killed in a motorcycle explosion on Monday in Jalalabad city of eastern Afghanistan, according to officials.
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16 Afghan security personnel killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 9 (ANI): As many as 16 Afghan security personnel were killed after Taliban militants attacked check posts in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, according to officials on Friday.
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US drone strike targets IS hideout in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 17 (ANI): A United States' drone strike targeted a hideout of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, killing a terrorist in Achin district of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan defence authorities said on Saturday.
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5 Al-Qaeda terrorists killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], Jan 19 (ANI): At least five senior leaders of Al-Qaeda were killed in an operation by the Afghan security forces in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on Friday.
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6 militants killed in US airstrike in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], Jan. 17 (ANI): At least six militants have been killed in a U.S. airstrike in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the Khaama press agency reported on Wednesday.
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Pakistani diplomat shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], November 6 (ANI): A Pakistan diplomat was shot dead by gunmen near his residence in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, The Express Tribune reported.
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Afghan soldier kills two U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 10 (ANI): Two U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday after an Afghan army soldier opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, according to reports
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29 ISIS loyalists killed in separate air strikes in eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 20 (ANI): At least 29 loyalists of the ISIS terrorist group were killed in separate air strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Crew of crashed Pak helicopter released by Afghan Taliban: Officials
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar (Pakistan), Aug. 13 (ANI): Pakistani officials on Saturday said that six people, including a Russian national, who were captured by the Afghan Taliban following the crash of the Punjab government helicopter in eastern Afghanistan last week, were released and turned over to their cus
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Pak helicopter crash-lands in Afghanistan, crew taken hostage by Taliban
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.5 (ANI): A helicopter of Pakistan's Punjab province government crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, following which the Taliban insurgents took the crew hostage before setting the helicopter on fire.
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