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Taliban claims responsibility for rocket attacks, says Mattis was target
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.27 (ANI): The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, saying that US Defense Secretary James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg were their targets.
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New US strategy in Afghanistan an opportunity for Pakistan to fight terror
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.27 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said that his government has drawn up a four-year military plan to ensure peace in his country and Pakistan has an opportunity to eliminate terrorism from the region.
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Pakistan Army chief to visit Kabul to discuss ways to revive talks with Ta
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.27 (ANI):Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will visit Afghanistan this week to hold discussions with his counterpart in Kabul and the Afghan leadership, including restarting the process of peace talks with the Taliban.
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Afghan security forces kill 15 Taliban insurgents in Logar province
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 25 (ANI): At least 15 Taliban insurgents were killed and 12 others injured after Afghanistan security forces conducted an operation in central Logar province on Sunday.
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US air strikes kill 43 Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 24 (ANI): At least 43 Taliban insurgents, including a top commander got killed in air strikes conducted by the United States in the Afghan province of Faryab bordering Uzbekistan.
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MQM demands reopening of offices in Pakistan during New York protest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan's third largest political party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), staged a protest in New York on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly session, calling on Islamabad to reopen its sealed offices in Islamabad and in other parts of the
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Pakistan 'not prepared to be anyone's scapegoat': PM Abbasi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], September 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has insisted that Pakistan "is not prepared to be anyone's scapegoat".
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Pak PM Abbasi says military has routed Taliban from Afghan border
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], September 21 (ANI): The newly-appointed prime minister of Pakistan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has insisted that the Pakistani military forces had uprooted all the sanctuaries used by the Islamic extremists, along its rugged frontier with Afghanistan.
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Roadside bomb kills govt administrator, 4 others in Pakistan's FATA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Five people, including a government administrator, were killed when a remote-controlled bomb went off at a roadside in Bajaur Agency's Loye Mamond area in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan on Sunday.
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Pak FM to ask U.S. to hold talks with Taliban for peace in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that he would ask the United States President Donald Trump administration to shun its "militaristic approach" in resolving the Afghanistan issue and that the "talks with the Taliban will bring pea
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Blast targets Foreign Forces' convoy in Kandahar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 15 (ANI): A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Friday afternoon.
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Suicide attack kills two near cricket stadium in Kabul
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 13 (ANI): At least two security force personnel were killed in a bomb attack near a cricket stadium in Kabul on Wednesday.
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