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89 civilians killed, 150 injured in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan within
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 14 (ANI): As many as 89 civilians have been killed and 150 injured in Taliban attacks in the last two weeks, according to the National Security Council's (NSC) data.
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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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Afghan President agreed to hold talks with Taliban: Qatar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 12 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to hold a round of negotiations with the Taliban in Qatari capital of Doha, said Qatari Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Mutlaq Al-Qahtani.
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In a new video, Taliban speak against West, Afghan governments
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 11 (ANI): As Afghanistan government and the West step up efforts to integrate Taliban into the government, the extremist group has released a video eulogising Jihad and the Islamic Emirate, which they had established in Afghanistan in 1996, few years before 9/11.
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CENTCOM Chief says conditions for full withdrawal of US troops from Afghan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], June 10 (Sputnik/ANI): US Central Command (CENTCOM) Chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Wednesday that conditions for a full withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan by May 2021 have not been met.
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Afghan government releases 3,000 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 9 (ANI): The Afghan government has released a total of 3,000 Taliban prisoners as a part of an agreement signed between the US and the terrorist group, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Tuesday.
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Former senator shot dead by Taliban in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 9 (Sputnik/ANI): Former Afghan senator Abdul Wali Ahmadzai has been shot dead by Taliban terrorists in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, after being kidnapped, a spokesperson for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
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Khalilzad meets Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar for Intra-Afghan talk
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8 (ANI): The US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and the commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan, US General Scott Miller, met with the Taliban's deputy leader Mullah Baradar in Doha on Sunday (local time).
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Intra-Afghan talks to be held in Doha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghanistan government will be held in Qatar's Doha.
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11 Taliban members killed, 6 injured in clashes in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban members were killed and six others were injured as a result of clashes with police officers in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, local police said on Saturday.
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US conducts airstrikes against Taliban for first time since Eid ceasefire
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US has conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban as retaliation to their attack on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) checkpoints in Farah and Kandahar provinces.
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District police chief, 3 officers killed in Afghanistan blast
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Police chief of Said Karam district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, Mohammad Humayun, and three local policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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