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Taliban influence already present in nine Afghan provinces, says South Asi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 31 (ANI): In the wake of the Kabul blast in which around 80 people have been killed and more than 350 other injured, South Asia expert Dr. Waiel Awwad on Wednesday laid stress on the consolidated stemming of the Taliban in the country.
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Kabul to host international conference on peace
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI) :Afghanistan will hold an international conference on peace, security and reconciliation on June 6, which will be attended by nearly 20 countries in the wake of the increased violence unleashed by the Taliban in its annual spring offensive.
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Taliban car bombing kills 12 in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan), May 28 (ANI): A large Taliban explosion targeting an elite Afghan militia force that has worked closely with the C.I.A. killed at least a dozen people on Saturday in the eastern part of the country.
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Pak court stays execution awarded by military court to Taliban leader
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has stayed the execution of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's Swat chapter's former spokesman Muslim Khan, who was sentenced to death last year by a military court on multiple charges of terrorism.
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Taliban kills 11 Afghan soldiers in attack on military base
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 23 (ANI): At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed and nine others injured in a Taliban attack on a military base in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
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Pak Senate panel demand death penalty for ex-TTP spokesperson
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI) A Pakistan Senate panel has strongly criticized the government's 'special treatment'for former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, and demanded that he treated as a terrorist, and be given the death penalty as per
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Afghanistan: 20 policemen killed in clash with Taliban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Zabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): As far as 20 local and national policemen were killed and six other were reportedly injured in clashes with the Taliban insurgents in the southern Zabul province on Sunday.
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Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Laghman operations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 17 (ANI): Taliban insurgents have reportedly suffered heavy casualties during an ongoing counter-terrorism operations in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan.
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U.S. to expand its role against Taliban in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 9 (ANI) : President Trump's foreign policy advisers and military men have proposed a significant shift in strategy in Afghanistan, putting the United States back on a war footing against the Taliban.
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Taliban captures district in Afghanistan's Kunduz
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 7 (ANI): In a major blow to the Ashraf Ghani Government in Afghanistan, Taliban militants have seized control of a Qala-e-Zal district near Kunduz on Saturday morning, following two days of heavy fighting with the security forces.
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'Taliban-ideologue' Geelani trying to suppress people's voi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], May 6, (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday questioned as to where separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was when the army helped Kashmiris during the floods and as to why he stopped locals from seeking the army's help?
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Pakistan's Triangle of Hate: Taliban, Army and India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Asserting that the Pakistani society was still deeply divided over what the Taliban represented, Mohammad Hanif, a contributing op-ed writer to the New York Times, has recalled the relevance of the saying - "Most countries have an Army, but in Pakistan,
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