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Nawaz Sharif's younger brother gets a new title
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct. 10: Shehbaz Sharif , Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab Province and younger brother of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seems to have acquired a new title - 'Punjab Speed'
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Taliban chief was openly preaching in Pakistan mosque
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 10 (ANI): The supreme leader of Afghan Taliban Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada, who succeeded Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, was openly teaching and preaching in a mosque in Balochistan province of Pakistan before being appointed the new chief.
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Eight ISIS loyalists killed in US drone strikes in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 10 (ANI): At least 20 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been killed in the United States-led drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: 34 Daesh insurgents killed in drone strikes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 9 (ANI): At least 34 Daesh insurgents have been killed in drone strikes by foreign troops on Saturday night in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Sunday.
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Taliban shoots down Afghan Army chopper
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 9 (ANI): Afghan National Army (ANA) Mi-17 chopper delivering supplies to a base near Pul-e-Khumri city in Baghlan province was shot down by Taliban insurgents early Sunday morning.
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Airstrike kills nine ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul[Afghanistan], Oct. 8 (ANI): At least nine loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan's military operation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 5 (ANI): A U.S. soldier has been killed after he succumbed to his injuries during a joint military operation in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Situation in Afghanistan's Kunduz city improving: Police
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 4 (ANI): The governor of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, Assadullah Omarkhail, has said clashes between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban are still on, but added that the situation is gradually being brought under control.
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Seven members of family killed in explosion in Helmand province
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 2 (ANI): At least seven persons were killed in a blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Sunday, local reports quoted officials, as saying.
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Salim Kunduzi resigns as governor of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 2 (ANI): The governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, Salim Kunduzi, on Sunday announced his resignation at a press conference in Jalalabad.
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Five Afghan commandos killed in alleged US airstrikes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 1 (ANI): At least five soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) commando forces have been allegedly killed in an airstrike carried out by the United States forces in Afghanistan's western Farah province.
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ISI supporting Taliban in Northern provinces: Afghanistan VP Dostum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 30 (ANI): Afghanistan Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has said that his country's armed forces are chasing Taliban militants in the northern provinces, who are being supported by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
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