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Taliban fighters close in on provincial city in western Afghanistan
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Taliban fighters close in on provincial city in western Afghanistan

Taliban fighters threatened the provincial capital of Farah in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, with fighting underway on the outskirts of…
Morning rush hour blasts kill 25 in Afghan capital
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Morning rush hour blasts kill 25 in Afghan capital

Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed 25 people on Monday, including journalists who had arrived to report on…
Afghan girl spends life disguised as ‘son’ her parents wanted
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Afghan girl spends life disguised as ‘son’ her parents wanted

Sitara Wafadar yearns for long hair like other girls. Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for…
Taliban attacks kill 14 troops, policemen: Afghan officials
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Taliban attacks kill 14 troops, policemen: Afghan officials

Afghan officials say two near-simultaneous Taliban attacks in western Badghis province have killed at least 14 troops and policemen. Ghulam…
Grief turns to anger over Kabul suicide attack
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Grief turns to anger over Kabul suicide attack

Hundreds of grieving Afghans buried their loved ones in Kabul on Monday amid growing anger over a suicide attack on…
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 31 in Afghan capital
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Islamic State suicide bomber kills 31 in Afghan capital

A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 31 people in…
Taliban attack on Afghan government compound kills 15
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Taliban attack on Afghan government compound kills 15

The Taliban stormed a government compound in central Afghanistan early on Thursday, triggering an hours-long gunbattle that killed 15, including…
Militant leader, ex-bin Laden ally roams freely in Pakistan
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Militant leader, ex-bin Laden ally roams freely in Pakistan

He is crisscrossing Pakistan championing a fatwa, or Islamic religious decree, forbidding militant violence inside the country. But the mere…
Afghans soon to fly missions with Black Hawks from US
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Afghans soon to fly missions with Black Hawks from US

The US military has been flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter missions in Afghanistan for years, but the storied aircraft will…
Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan, provides no evidence: statement
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Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan, provides no evidence: statement

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack near a Shi’ite mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat…
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