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Afghanistan rubbishes Taliban's claim, says copter crashed due to tec
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 9 (ANI): The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Sunday that the Afghan National Army's Mi-17 helicopter crashed due to technical issues, contrary to the claims made by the Taliban that the helicopter was shot down by the members of the terror outfit.
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Taliban shoots down Afghan Army chopper
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 9 (ANI): Afghan National Army (ANA) Mi-17 chopper delivering supplies to a base near Pul-e-Khumri city in Baghlan province was shot down by Taliban insurgents early Sunday morning.
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Pakistan can never be a friend of Kashmiris: Senge Sering
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 6 (ANI): Terming Islamabad as a "thief in Gilgit-Baltistan", Senge Hasnan Sering, the Director of the Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress, criticised the country's government for helping the Taliban kill American soldiers, and asserted that Pakistan,
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Afghan forces regain control of Kunduz center after Taliban assault
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 4 (ANI): The Afghanistan police said that the forces on Tuesday regained control of the center of the strategically important northern city of Kunduz from Taliban fighters, who have launched an assault on the city a day before to capture it.
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Situation in Afghanistan's Kunduz city improving: Police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 4 (ANI): The governor of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, Assadullah Omarkhail, has said clashes between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban are still on, but added that the situation is gradually being brought under control.
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Taliban launches major assault to capture Kunduz
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 3 (ANI): As the Taliban launched a major offensive on Monday to capture Kunduz, Afghan Government forces are fighting on the ground and from the air to defend the northern city.
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Afghanistan: Taliban attacks Kunduz again
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 3 (ANI): One year after briefly taking over the city, Taliban insurgents have yet again launched an assault on Kunduz in northern Afghanistan today.
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ISI supporting Taliban in Northern provinces: Afghanistan VP Dostum
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 30 (ANI): Afghanistan Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has said that his country's armed forces are chasing Taliban militants in the northern provinces, who are being supported by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
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Taliban recruiting children as soldiers in Afghanistan's Ghor provinc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 28 (ANI): Local officials in Afghanistan's Ghor province have said that the Taliban militant group and other irresponsible militant groups are recruiting children as soldiers to fight for the group.
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N.Y bombing suspect spent time at Taliban-affiliated seminary in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Sept. 27 (ANI): Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is the main suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan which is closely associated with the Afghanistan Taliban.
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US, Afghanistan forces kill at least 10 Taliban insurgents
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.26 (ANI): American and Afghan forces have reportedly killed a number of senior insurgents in airstrikes - including Pakistani Talibs and al-Qaeda members.
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Former TTP spokesperson killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 25 (ANI): A senior leader and former spokesperson of a Pakistani Taliban group was killed in Afghanistan's Paktika province on Saturday.
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