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Amid deteriorating Afghan security situation, India likely to bring back n
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI) Amid the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban capturing new territories, India is likely to bring back its nationals and officials from the war-torn country.
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16 security personnel killed in Taliban attack near Afghanistan's Salma Da
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan) July 6 (ANI): At least 16 security personnel were killed in an attack by the Taliban on a security checkpoint at the Salma Dam in western Herat province.
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South Koreans urged to leave Afghanistan by July end: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 5 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting offensive by the Taliban in Afghanistan, all South Korean citizens have been asked to leave the country till the end of July.
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Over 1,000 Afghan soldiers retreat to Tajikistan after clashes with Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 1,037 Afghan troops retreated to Tajikistan following clashes with the Taliban militants, the Tajik State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told Sputnik.
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Russia-Afghanistan talks focus on common threats, not arms supplies: Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow (Russia), July 5 (ANI): The talks being held between Russia and Afghanistan aim to reach a shared understanding of the threats faced by both countries, rather than secure supplies of weapons, said the Afghan president's National Security Adviser (NSA), Hamdullah Mohib.
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US pull-out puts Afghanistan at risk of turning into next Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Thailand] July 05 (ANI): Former Ambassador John Gunther Dean had described April 12, 1975, as the day when the U.S. "abandoned Cambodia and handed it over to the butcher", there are apprehensions that Afghanistan may be in a similar situation following the US troop pullout from t
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Taliban takes control of key district in Kandahar amid US troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar.
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Afghan security forces gearing up against possible Taliban attacks on majo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 5 (ANI): Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) on Sunday expressed that annihilating the Taliban is their top priority. The commander of Special Operations Corps, Maj. Gen. Hibatullah Alizai said that "strong belts" have been created for the protection
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Taliban captures 2 districts in northeastern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban announced on Sunday they had captured two districts in Afghanistan's northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan.
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Magnetic IED blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar kills 2, including governor's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) blast claimed two lives in Afghanistan's Kandahar on Sunday, including the secretary of Kandahar's governor. Local sources confirmed that the blast occurred in a parking area in the governor's compound.
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Afghan military kills 143 Taliban terrorists in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan Military killed 143 militants of radical movement Taliban and wounded 121 during operations in several Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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Two TTP terrorists killed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): Two terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during an operation conducted by the police in the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.
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