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21 Taliban insurgents killed in Kunduz military ops
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 14 (ANI): The local officials on Sunday said that at least 21 Taliban insurgents were killed in a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province.
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Crew of crashed Pak helicopter released by Afghan Taliban: Officials
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar (Pakistan), Aug. 13 (ANI): Pakistani officials on Saturday said that six people, including a Russian national, who were captured by the Afghan Taliban following the crash of the Punjab government helicopter in eastern Afghanistan last week, were released and turned over to their cus
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Ex MP says Pak's support to Afghan Taliban an open secret
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 11 (ANI): Pakistani politician and former lawmaker Afrasiab Khattak has said Islamabad's security establishment's support to the Afghan Taliban is an open secret.
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TTP claims custody of crashed Pak chopper's hostages
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 11 (ANI): Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud Group has claimed that they have in their custody all the hostages of the Pakistani Punjab
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Around 600 schools stay shut in Afghanistan due to insecurity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 10 (ANI): The education ministry said almost 600 schools remain close in Afghanistan due to insecurity and Taliban activities.
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Top Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan's military operation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 10 (ANI): The Taliban's deputy shadow district governor Abdul Rahman and 13 other insurgents were reportedly killed in a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Wednesday.
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40 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghan air strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 7 (ANI): At least 40 Taliban insurgents, including their commanders, were killed in an Afghan Air Force air strike in northern Kunduz province, said the officials from the 20th Pamir Army Division on Sunday.
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No relative of Pak Army Chief taken hostage in Afghanistan: ISPR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 7 (ANI): The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has dismissed media reports claiming that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif's son-in-law is among the seven crew members taken hostage by Taliban militants after a Punjab Government's Mi-17 crash-landed in Afghanist
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Pak helicopter crash-lands in Afghanistan, crew taken hostage by Taliban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.5 (ANI): A helicopter of Pakistan's Punjab province government crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, following which the Taliban insurgents took the crew hostage before setting the helicopter on fire.
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US air strikes doing more harm than good, says former Afghan president
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Aug. 4 (ANI): Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has said international efforts to help Afghan Security Forces regain control over the territory taken by the Taliban are doing more harm than good.
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Pak Govt's helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan; Taliban takes crew
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad/Kabul, Aug. 4 (ANI): A Pakistan's Punjab Government Mi-17 helicopter crash landed on Thursday in Afghanistan's Logar province, where Taliban militants took the crew hostage before setting the helicopter on fire.
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Kabul should decide if it wants peace talks or not: Taliban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): Confirming that the Taliban recently visited China seeking their role in the peace talks, a senior Afghan Taliban leader Agha Jan Mutasim said that it was now up to Kabul to decide whether it wanted to come to the negotiation table.
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