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U.S. to deploy 300 soldiers in Helmand province to fight Taliban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 8 (ANI): The United States will deploy around 300 soldiers in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.
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Militants kill eight coalmine workers from Hazara minority in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 8 (ANI): Eight coalmine workers in Tala wa Barfak district in Baghlan have been shot dead by a group of fighters affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
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Afghanistan's Nawroz Mangal bids adieu to international cricket
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan.4 (ANI): Former Afghanistan skipper Nawroz Mangal, under whose leadership his side secured an ODI status in the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers and then qualified for the 2010 World T20 event, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect in
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More than 1,000 Schools shut across Afghanistan due to security situation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 2 (ANI): The current state of security in Afghanistan has led to more than 1,000 schools across the country to be closed down.
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Pak backed Taliban behind killing of Sikh community leader in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 2 (ANI): The Taliban at the behest of Pakistan is suspected to have killed Lala Del Souz, a leader of the minority Sikh community in Kunduz city of Afghanistan.
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Afghan migrant attacks Bible-reading woman in Austria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 1 (ANI): An Afghan migrant has reportedly attacked a Bible-reading woman in a refugee camp in Austria.
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Hekmatyar's son calls Taliban 'foreigners' slaves'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): Habiburrahman Hekmatyar, the son of reconciled l eader of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has termed the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country as slaves of foreigners.
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Reject asylum for Afghanistan's first female pilot, Afghan activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): A group of Afghan activists has requested U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the asylum application of Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in Afghanistan's air force, and deport her insisting that the she does not face any k
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Sikh community leader killed by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): A leader of the minority Sikh community, Lala Del Souz, was killed by an unknown gunman in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz city.
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Special Forces kill 1,551 insurgents in nine months: Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 29 (ANI): The Afghanistan Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that Afghan National Police (ANP) special forces have killed at least 1,551 insurgents over the past nine months, including 400 key insurgent commanders.
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Four Taliban insurgents killed in Wardak clash
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 28 (ANI): At least four Taliban insurgents were killed and seven others injured in a clash with security forces in Wardak province.
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Afghan MP wounded, his bodyguard killed in roadside mine blast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 28 (ANI): Fakuri Behishti, Member of Parliament for Bamiyan was wounded and his bodyguard killed after a roadside mine was detonated against his vehicle.
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