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ISIS Khorasan branch new leader is Pak-based Haqqani Network terrorist: Af
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 4 (ANI): Shahab Almahajir, the new leader of ISIS Khorasan branch, is a Pakistan-based Haqqani Network terrorist, said Afghanistan acting interior minister Masoud Andrabi.
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Several regional powers pursuing hedging strategies in Afghanistan: Former
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Several regional powers are pursuing hedging strategies in Afghanistan by backing the Kabul government and also aiding the Taliban, said former US State Department analyst Marvin G Weinbaum.
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Indian envoy in Afghanistan meets Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, deli
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 4 (ANI): Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Vinay Kumar, Indian Ambassador to Kabul, on Monday afternoon wherein the two sides deliberated importance of further strengthening regional consensuses on the Afghan peace proc
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Mike Pompeo, Taliban deputy chief discuss intra-Afghan talks over video-ca
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar discussed the start of the intra-Afghan talks and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported citing the group's spokesman Suhail Shaheen.
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ISIS storming Afghan jail resembles previous terror attacks by Pakistan tr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 4 (ANI): Captured members of the ISIS and Taliban from Pakistan are speculated to be among several hundreds of inmates who escaped from the Jalalabad prison, following an attack for which dreaded terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility.
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21 people killed in fight between Afghan forces, ISIS terrorists in Jalala
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], August 03 (ANI): At least 21 people have been killed so far in ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and terrorists who raided a jail overnight.
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Intel input warns of terrorists trained in Afghanistan by Pak commandos pl
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): After failing to target the public in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Eid-ul-Fitr in May, Taliban terrorists who were trained by Pakistan Army's Special Service Group in Jalalabad, Afganistan are now planning attacks in some parts of India on the anniversa
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Trump denies raising Taliban bounty claims in talks with Putin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump has denied discussing claims of Russian bounty payments to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan during last week's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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17 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 29 (ANI): At least 17 Taliban terrorists were killed and 11 others injured in clashes with security personnel in northern Faryab province, Afghanistan's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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US welcomes Taliban's Eid ul-Adha ceasefire announcement
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States welcomes the Taliban's declaration of a three-day ceasefire over Eid ul-Adha commencing on July 31, acting US Ambassador to Kabul Ross Wilson said.
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10,708 Afghan soldiers killed, wounded since US-Taliban peace deal: Ghani
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday that a total of 10,708 members of the Afghan National Security and Defence Forces (ANDSF) have been killed and injured since the signing of the US-Taliban peace deal on February 29.
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Afghanistan: Taliban to observe 3-day ceasefire during Eid al-Adha
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday said they will observe a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan for one of the most important festivals of Muslims called Eid al-Adha.
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