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Afghan forces kill 7 Taliban terrorists during clashes in Uruzgan province
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 05 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan National Army has killed seven Taliban terrorists and injured four others after they launched attacks on military posts in the central province of Uruzgan, a spokesman for the 205th Atal Corps told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Taliban refutes reports on Russia's role in killings of US troops in Afgha
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Saturday refuted the recent reports citing US intelligence assessments alleging that Russian intelligence has solicited killings of American troops by the group in Afghanistan, saying that these rumours are set to cr
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PIA grounds 141 pilots for using 'dubious licenses'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has grounded 141 pilots whom it found to have used unfair means in obtaining their professional licenses, a spokesman for the national flag carrier said on Saturday.
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Pakistan national carrier grounds 150 pilots for 'dubious licences'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to ground 150 pilots as a large number of them possessed "dubious licenses", Dawn reported.
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Taliban say released 14 hostages in several Afghan provinces
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (Sputnik/ANI): The Taliban have released 14 Afghan soldiers and policemen in several provinces across the country, Taliban spokesman Suheil Shaheen said on Monday.
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Eight killed in armed attack on clinic in Eastern Afghanistan, including p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Eight people were killed in an attack on a clinic in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, district police spokesman Adil Haidar said Saturday.
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Attacks on checkpoint in various Afghan regions leave scores of terrorists
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI): A police spokesman in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province told Sputnik that an overnight exchange of fire has left 16 terrorists and two police officers dead.
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Informant who disclosed Soleimani's location sentenced to death in Iran
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who was 'linked with CIA and Mossad' and disclosed information on whereabouts of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, IRNA reported.
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Bomb blast in southern Afghanistan kills two children - police
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Two children died after a bomb exploded on a motorcycle in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, Jamal Nasir, the spokesman for the local police, told Sputnik, adding that the blast also injured five civilians.
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UN chief saddened by losses caused by Cyclone Amphan in India, B'desh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 24 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the loss of life and the destruction as a result of Cyclone Amphan in India and Bangladesh, his spokesman said Saturday.
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Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Gaza reports first coronavirus death
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gaza, May 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Gaza strip has reported its first coronavirus death, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra said on Saturday.
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