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Kabul: Taliban militants launched an assault on the Afghan parliament today, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending lawmakers scurrying for cover in chaotic scenes relayed live on television. The attack came as the Afghan…
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Kabul: The Taliban captured a second district in the northern Kunduz province today after heavy fighting with local security forces. Mohammad Yusuf Ayubi, head of the provincial council, said the insurgents attacked the district of Dashti…
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Kandahar: An Afghan official says at least 20 police officers have been killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country's volatile southern Helmand province. Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province's joint coordination…
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Islamabad: A Pakistani military helicopter carrying 11 foreigners today crashed in the PoK, killing ambassadors of the Philippines and Norway and at least four others as the Taliban claimed responsibility for the downing of the chopper and…
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Kabul, Nov 19 (AFP) Taliban militants launched a car bomb and suicide attack today on a compound in Kabul that houses many international contractors, but only the attackers died in the assault, Afghan officials said. One insurgent was…
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