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Taliban flogging of 20 people brings back hardline practices of old regime
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The lashings allegedly took place at the sports stadium in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern Helmand on Wednesday, Khaama Press quoted Mohammad Qasim Riyaz, a spokesperson for the governor's office as saying.
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Afghanistan: Sporadic gunshots heard near police station in Baghlan provin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): Sporadic gunshots were heard near the police department in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Saturday, a local media reported.
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Taliban seizes Helmand province's capital Lashkar Gah
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban has established control over the city of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern province of Helmand, media reported on Friday.
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Over 4,000 injured being treated by Red Cross as violence intensifies in A
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Over 4,042 patients wounded by weapons are being treated at Red Cross-supported health facilities since August 1 in Afghanistan, the humanitarian organization informed on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan at dangerous turning point, says UN envoy at Security Council
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan is at a "dangerous turning point" as the Taliban has achieved significant territorial gains with over a thousand casualties in the past one month alone, United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the Security Council on
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94 Taliban, Al-Qaeda terrorists killed in operations by Afghan forces in L
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 6 (ANI): Over 90 Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrorists were killed; and 16 others suffered injuries in security operations conducted by Afghan forces in the past 24 hours in the city of Lashkar Gah, the Afghan Defence Ministry announced on Friday.
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At least 40 civilians killed in last 24 hrs in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 3 (ANI): At least 40 civilians have been killed and more than 100 injured in the last 24 hours of fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban in Lashkar Gah, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Afghan forces thwart Taliban's attempt to storm prison in Helmand, 38 terr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 2 (ANI): The Afghan government forces have killed 38 members of the Taliban when they attempted to storm a prison in the southwestern city of Lashkargah in Helmand province, the Afghan defense ministry informed on Monday.
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Mine explosion in Afghanistan kills one soldier, injures other
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lashkar Gah [Afghanistan], Mar 8 (Sputnik/ANI): One serviceman of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) has been killed and another injured in a mine explosion in the southern province of Helmand, Lashkar Gah district commander told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Afghan police officer killed in mine explosion in Helmand province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Mar 07 (ANI): A police officer was killed in an explosion in Lashkar Gah city of Helmand province on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: 4 killed in twin blasts, Taliban claims responsibility
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lashkar Gah [Afghanistan], Mar 23 (ANI): Four people were killed and 31 sustained injuries in twin blasts in a stadium in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah on Saturday.
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