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Taliban Central Bank Chief Meets Chinese Envoy, Discusses Business
The Taliban's acting governor of the Afghan central bank met China's ambassador this week to discuss banking relations and business, the bank's spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
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11 Killed In Suicide Blast At Funeral For Assassinated Afghan Minister
At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said.
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Taliban Governor Of Afghan Province Killed At His Office In Suicide Attack
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.
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India Provides Refuge To Former Afghan Governor, 4 Others: Report
In what appears to be course correction after the Rangina Kargar episode, India has allowed five Afghans, including a former provincial Governor of Afghanistan having a diplomatic passport into the country.
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Taliban Claim Control Of Panjshir, Promise Government 'Soon': 10 Points
The Taliban today claimed victory over the Afghan Resistance in the holdout Panjshir Valley and promised to announce a new government soon in Afghanistan. Images on social media showed the Taliban putting up a flag at the provincial Governor's office
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Taliban Provincial Governor Vows To Fight ISIS
As a Taliban commander, he spent years battling the former Afghan government. Now, with his hardline movement back in power, Mullah Neda Mohammad vows to continue fighting against rival jihadists, the ISIS group.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Letter Fails To Save 30 Afghan Farmers Killed By US In Drone Strike
Twelve days ahead of the pine-nut harvest season, the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province received a letter from village elders in the Wazir Tangi area about their plans to recruit 200 labourers and children to pluck the dry fruit.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes, Killing 25 On Board: Officials
An Afghan army helicopter carrying 25 people crashed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all those on board, officials said. The aircraft crashed due to "bad weather" in Anar Dara district, Farah provincial governor spokesman Nasir Mehri said, but the Taliban claimed its terrorists brought it down. Both pilots and 23 passengers were killed...
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Controversial Afghan Cop, "Torturer-in-Chief", Killed In Taliban Attack
General Abdul Raziq once boasted he had survived "countless" Taliban attempts to kill him. On Thursday the Afghan terror group finally succeeded when an assassin disguised as a governor's bodyguard shot him dead.
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Top Afghan Police Chief Killed In Shooting, US General Unhurt
Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.
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30 Afghan Soldiers Killed By Taliban In First Big Attack Since Ceasefire
Taliban terrorists killed 30 members of the Afghan security forces in an ambush in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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Taliban Kills Afghan Officials As Government's Ceasefire Kicks In
Taliban terrorists killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province, ignoring the temporary ceasefire announced by the government that came into effect on Tuesday.
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Afghan Government Under Pressure As Taliban Threaten New District
On Sunday, the insurgents were besieging the governor's compound in Ajrestan district in Ghazni, south of the capital Kabul, although officials said reinforcements had arrived and were relieving police defending the town.
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18 Dead As Suicide Attacker Blows Himself Up At Afghan Funeral
An explosion at a funeral in Afghanistan's restive east on Sunday killed at least 18 mourners and wounded another 13, officials said, capping a deadly year for ordinary Afghans.
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Taliban Central Bank Chief Meets Chinese Envoy, Discusses Business
The Taliban's acting governor of the Afghan central bank met China's ambassador this week to discuss banking relations and business, the bank's spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
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11 Killed In Suicide Blast At Funeral For Assassinated Afghan Minister
At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said.
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Taliban Governor Of Afghan Province Killed At His Office In Suicide Attack
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.
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India Provides Refuge To Former Afghan Governor, 4 Others: Report
In what appears to be course correction after the Rangina Kargar episode, India has allowed five Afghans, including a former provincial Governor of Afghanistan having a diplomatic passport into the country.
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Taliban Claim Control Of Panjshir, Promise Government 'Soon': 10 Points
The Taliban today claimed victory over the Afghan Resistance in the holdout Panjshir Valley and promised to announce a new government soon in Afghanistan. Images on social media showed the Taliban putting up a flag at the provincial Governor's office
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Taliban Provincial Governor Vows To Fight ISIS
As a Taliban commander, he spent years battling the former Afghan government. Now, with his hardline movement back in power, Mullah Neda Mohammad vows to continue fighting against rival jihadists, the ISIS group.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Letter Fails To Save 30 Afghan Farmers Killed By US In Drone Strike
Twelve days ahead of the pine-nut harvest season, the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province received a letter from village elders in the Wazir Tangi area about their plans to recruit 200 labourers and children to pluck the dry fruit.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes, Killing 25 On Board: Officials
An Afghan army helicopter carrying 25 people crashed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all those on board, officials said. The aircraft crashed due to "bad weather" in Anar Dara district, Farah provincial governor spokesman Nasir Mehri said, but the Taliban claimed its terrorists brought it down. Both pilots and 23 passengers were killed...
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Controversial Afghan Cop, "Torturer-in-Chief", Killed In Taliban Attack
General Abdul Raziq once boasted he had survived "countless" Taliban attempts to kill him. On Thursday the Afghan terror group finally succeeded when an assassin disguised as a governor's bodyguard shot him dead.
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Top Afghan Police Chief Killed In Shooting, US General Unhurt
Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.
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30 Afghan Soldiers Killed By Taliban In First Big Attack Since Ceasefire
Taliban terrorists killed 30 members of the Afghan security forces in an ambush in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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Taliban Kills Afghan Officials As Government's Ceasefire Kicks In
Taliban terrorists killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province, ignoring the temporary ceasefire announced by the government that came into effect on Tuesday.
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Afghan Government Under Pressure As Taliban Threaten New District
On Sunday, the insurgents were besieging the governor's compound in Ajrestan district in Ghazni, south of the capital Kabul, although officials said reinforcements had arrived and were relieving police defending the town.
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18 Dead As Suicide Attacker Blows Himself Up At Afghan Funeral
An explosion at a funeral in Afghanistan's restive east on Sunday killed at least 18 mourners and wounded another 13, officials said, capping a deadly year for ordinary Afghans.
