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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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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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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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'$30,000, House In Pakistan': What Taliban Promised Chef To Kill UAE Diplomats
Thirty thousand dollars and a house in Pakistan. That's what it took chef Sayed Mahboob Agha to set off explosives that killed six UAE diplomates and six others in the Kandahar Governor's guesthouse in January this year. This is what a joint Afghanistan, US (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and UAE probe has concluded, according to Afghan Intellige...
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Afghan Official Warns Helmand Province May Fall To Taliban
Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile southern province warned today.
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US, Afghan Soldiers Killed in Firefight Between Afghan, NATO Forces
An American and an Afghan soldier were killed on Wednesday when a firefight broke out between Afghan and NATO coalition forces at a compound where a senior US diplomat met a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, police and US sources said.
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At Least 16 Killed in East Afghanistan Suicide Blast, Say Officials
A suicide bomber today killed at least 16 people and wounded around 40 others, including a prominent Afghan lawmaker, in an attack on an anti-corruption protest outside the residence of the governor of restive Khost province, officials said.
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7 Killed, 41 Injured in Afghan Truck Bomb
A truck bomb set off by a suicide attacker targeting senior provincial officials today killed at least seven civilians and wounded around 40 in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Afghan Landslide Toll Unlikely to Rise Above 500: Officials
Afghan officials have said that it is unlikely that the number of those killed in Friday' landslide will be above 500. The announcement of revised figures by Gul Mohammad Baidaar, deputy governor of Badakhshan, came hours after earlier information that over 2,100 people had died in the landslide.
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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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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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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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'$30,000, House In Pakistan': What Taliban Promised Chef To Kill UAE Diplomats
Thirty thousand dollars and a house in Pakistan. That's what it took chef Sayed Mahboob Agha to set off explosives that killed six UAE diplomates and six others in the Kandahar Governor's guesthouse in January this year. This is what a joint Afghanistan, US (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and UAE probe has concluded, according to Afghan Intellige...
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Afghan Official Warns Helmand Province May Fall To Taliban
Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile southern province warned today.
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US, Afghan Soldiers Killed in Firefight Between Afghan, NATO Forces
An American and an Afghan soldier were killed on Wednesday when a firefight broke out between Afghan and NATO coalition forces at a compound where a senior US diplomat met a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, police and US sources said.
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At Least 16 Killed in East Afghanistan Suicide Blast, Say Officials
A suicide bomber today killed at least 16 people and wounded around 40 others, including a prominent Afghan lawmaker, in an attack on an anti-corruption protest outside the residence of the governor of restive Khost province, officials said.
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7 Killed, 41 Injured in Afghan Truck Bomb
A truck bomb set off by a suicide attacker targeting senior provincial officials today killed at least seven civilians and wounded around 40 in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Afghan Landslide Toll Unlikely to Rise Above 500: Officials
Afghan officials have said that it is unlikely that the number of those killed in Friday' landslide will be above 500. The announcement of revised figures by Gul Mohammad Baidaar, deputy governor of Badakhshan, came hours after earlier information that over 2,100 people had died in the landslide.
