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Taliban storms Afghan army base, 43 soldiers killedTaliban forces nearly wiped out an entire Afghan army post, killing 43 soldiers, when they stormed a base with suicide bombers in the strife-torn southern province of Kandahar. The attack comes as 3,000 more US troops begin to flo More… |
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Over 100 soldiers dead as Taliban hits Afghan army baseA day after a lethal Taliban assault on an army base in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday that at least 140 soldiers had been killed, making it the single deadliest known attack on an Afghan military base in the course of the lo More… |
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4 killed in suicide bombing at US base in AfghanistanA suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up on Saturday at the largest American military base in Afghanistan, killing four Americans, said a report, citing Defence Secretary Ash Carter. Two members of the armed services More… |
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Afghan Taliban leader likely killed in US drone strikeThe US conducted a drone strike on Saturday against the leader of Afghan Taliban, likely killing him on the Pakistan side of the remote border region with Afghanistan in a mission authorised by US President Barack Obama, officials said. More… |
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Rival Taliban factions agree on ceasefireRival factions of the Afghan Taliban agreed to stop deadly infighting, officials said, but tensions remained over the status of new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who has not been seen since reportedly being shot last month. Leader More… |
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Taliban targets Spanish embassy in Kabul, security officer killedTaliban fighters mounted a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul on Friday, killing at least one security officer and further dimming any hopes of peace talks with moderate elements of the Islamist insurgent movement More… |
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Taliban leader Mulla Omar dead says reportThe leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died, a BBC report said quoting Afghan officials. The reclusive leader died two to three years ago, Afghan government and intelligence sources were quoted as saying by BB More… |
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Taliban attacks Afghan parliamentA Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defence minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer offensive. More… |
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Pakistan chopper crash kills foreign envoysA Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to inspect a tourism project crashed on Friday killing seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors. More… |
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Pakistan in mourning as Taliban kill 132 studentsPakistan woke up to a day of mourning on Wednesday after Taliban militants killed 132 students at a school in the city of Peshawar in a grisly attack which shocked the nation and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency More… |
