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Afghanistan: 17 killed in Taliban attack in Takhar province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Takhar [Afghanistan], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 17 people were killed in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar province as Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a base of the country's public uprising forces, media reported on Sunday, citing a spokesman for a provincial governor.
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Taliban attack kills 10 Afghan soldiers in Helmand
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 28 (ANI): At least 10 members of the Afghan armed forces and four others sustained injuries after a bomb exploded near an army checkpoint in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province in the wee hours of Saturday, the army said.
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Airstrikes kill 17 Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Daykundi [Afghanistan], Dec 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan forces launched an attack in the central province of Oruzgan that killed 13 Taliban terrorists, while the international coalition struck Daykundi province killing four militants, the 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army said on Thu
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8 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 26 (Sputnik/ANI): At least eight Taliban terrorists have been killed in Afghanistan's northwestern Badghis province during air raids by the national security forces, the country's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban abduct 27 peace activists
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Farah [Afghanistan] Dec 25 (ANI): Taliban have abducted 27 peace activists, who were travelling to the province of Farah in western Afghanistan, the People's Peace Movement told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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One killed after terrorists attack police car in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], Dec 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Terrorists attacked a police ranger vehicle in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Wednesday, killing one officer and injuring another, provincial police chief Abdul Rashid Bashir told Sputnik.
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10 Afghan security force personnel killed in military camp attack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 24 (ANI): At least seven Afghan army soldiers and three other security personnel of the country's national intelligence agency were killed on Tuesday after the Taliban insurgents attacked a joint military camp in the northern Balkh province, the defence ministry sai
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US peace envoy Khalilzad in Kabul to meet Afghan leaders over peace talks
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan) Dec 18 (ANI): US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday arrived in Kabul to meet Afghan leaders to discuss the Taliban peace talks that were put to rest after a suicide attack was carried out last week by Taliban near a US airbase.
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US intends to announce withdraw 4,000 troops from Afghanistan next week: R
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has planned to withdraw around 4,000 of its servicemen from Afghanistan next week in the wake of the resumption of the talks between Washington and Taliban, the local media reported after citing US officials on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: Insider attack kills 23 security personnel in Ghazni
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 14 (ANI): At least 23 Afghan security personnel were killed in an insider attack in the country's central province of Ghazni on Saturday, head of Provincial Council Nasir Ahmad Faqiri said.
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Khalilzad visits Pakistan, updates officials on Taliban Talks
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 14 (Sputnik/ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad during his visit to Islamabad on Friday briefed Pakistani government officials on the latest developments in the Taliban peace talks, the US Embassy in Pakistan said in a statement.
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Khalilzad announces 'brief pause' in US-Taliban talks after suicide attack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 13 (ANI): The United States negotiators are taking a "brief pause" from talks with the Taliban in the wake of a suicide attack carried out by the group near a US airbase in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 2 people, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalm
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