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Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan linked to CIA's misleading inocula
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan have been linked to operations undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011 apparently under the guise of a vaccination programme to try and locate Osama Bin Laden.
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Taliban overruns district close to Afghan capital
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence, the Taliban overran a district in Wardak province in central Afghanistan near Kabul.
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255 civilians killed in Afghanistan during Ramzan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): As many as 15 suicide attacks and dozens of other attacks have been carried out in the country by the Taliban since the start of Ramzan on April 13, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan said on Tuesday.
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75 percent mining sites in Afghanistan under Taliban, strongmen's control:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 11 (ANI): Around 75 per cent of total mining sites in Afghanistan are under the control of Taliban and local strongmen, leading to their dominance in the sector which has the potential to generate large government revenues in the country.
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China blames 'abrupt' withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan for surge i
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China has blamed the United States' "abrupt announcement of complete withdrawal of forces" for the succession of explosive attacks throughout Afghanistan, saying the step has worsened the security situation and has threatened peace and stability as well as peop
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Pakistani Taliban bomber captured in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence, Afghan Intelligence operative have arrested a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Afghans deserve much more than an Eid ceasefire, says US envoy Khalilzad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in violence in Afghanistan in recent weeks, US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday welcomed the announcements by the Taliban and the Afghan government to uphold ceasefire in the country during the festival of Eid.
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Afghanistan: 13 civilians killed, 37 wounded in Zabul, Parwan blasts
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): In separate roadside bomb blasts in Zabul and Parwan provinces at least 13 civilians were killed and 37 wounded on Sunday.
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Kabul school blasts death toll rises to over 60
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): The death toll from recent explosions near a school in Kabul has climbed to at least 63, with over 150 others wounded, said the Afghan Government.
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Taliban declares 3-day ceasefire for Eid celebrations post Kabul school bl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Two days after a deadly bombing outside a school in Kabul claimed the lives of over 60 students, the Taliban on Monday announced that they would observe a three-day ceasefire for the festival of Eid.
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Afghan President condemns Kabul bombing, calls for national day of mournin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack on a school in Kabul and called for a national day of mourning in wake of the incident.
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Blasts near Afghan school in Kabul kills 25, injures 52
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): At least 25 people were killed and 52 others were injured in blasts that occured near a school in Afghanistan's Kabul on Saturday.
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