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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants' Hideouts In Afghanistan
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants' hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a "brutal act".
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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Pakistan Views Afghan Taliban As "Strategic Asset": Top US Intelligence Official
Pakistan seeks to maintain positive relations with the Taliban as it views the hardline Islamist militant group as a "strategic asset" useful for securing its interests in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has told US lawmakers.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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Two Pak Soldiers Killed After Shots Fired From Across Afghan Border: Army
Militant fire from across the border in Afghanistan killed two Pakistani soldiers on Sunday, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over Kabul two weeks ago.
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"20 Years Of Burying My Life": Afghan Journalist On Leaving His Country
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary began his career in 2001 helping cover the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan and subsequent fall of the Taliban. Never in the 20 years since did he imagine Kabul would once again fall to the Islamist militant group, he said.
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We Don't Want Afghan Militants In Russia: Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the conflict in Afghanistan directly affects the security situation in Russia, Russian news agencies reported.
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Many Dead After Taliban Firing, Stampede At Afghan Independence Day Rally
Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.
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Pakistan Says Attack That Killed 13, Including 9 Chinese, Was A Suicide Bombing
A bus blast last month that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, was a suicide bombing by Islamist militants backed by the Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday.
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Taliban Offer Three-Month Ceasefire In Return For Prisoner Release
An Afghan government negotiator on Thursday said the Taliban had offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, as the militant group continues a sweeping offensive across the country.
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US Military Mission In Afghanistan To End August 31: Joe Biden
The US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, as Afghan commandos battled the Taliban for control of a provincial capital in the most brazen assault by the militants since Washington stepped up
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US, Taliban Resume Talks After Rival Afghans Agree To End Bloodshed
US and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan's 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting with both sides calling for an end to civilian casualties.
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Taliban Say No Pact Struck In Meet With US On Deadline To End Afghan War
A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the militant group said a day after the diplomat declared a deadline of April 2019 to end a 17-year-long war.
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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants' Hideouts In Afghanistan
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants' hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a "brutal act".
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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Pakistan Views Afghan Taliban As "Strategic Asset": Top US Intelligence Official
Pakistan seeks to maintain positive relations with the Taliban as it views the hardline Islamist militant group as a "strategic asset" useful for securing its interests in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has told US lawmakers.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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Two Pak Soldiers Killed After Shots Fired From Across Afghan Border: Army
Militant fire from across the border in Afghanistan killed two Pakistani soldiers on Sunday, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over Kabul two weeks ago.
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"20 Years Of Burying My Life": Afghan Journalist On Leaving His Country
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary began his career in 2001 helping cover the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan and subsequent fall of the Taliban. Never in the 20 years since did he imagine Kabul would once again fall to the Islamist militant group, he said.
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We Don't Want Afghan Militants In Russia: Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the conflict in Afghanistan directly affects the security situation in Russia, Russian news agencies reported.
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Many Dead After Taliban Firing, Stampede At Afghan Independence Day Rally
Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.
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Pakistan Says Attack That Killed 13, Including 9 Chinese, Was A Suicide Bombing
A bus blast last month that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, was a suicide bombing by Islamist militants backed by the Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday.
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Taliban Offer Three-Month Ceasefire In Return For Prisoner Release
An Afghan government negotiator on Thursday said the Taliban had offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, as the militant group continues a sweeping offensive across the country.
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US Military Mission In Afghanistan To End August 31: Joe Biden
The US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, as Afghan commandos battled the Taliban for control of a provincial capital in the most brazen assault by the militants since Washington stepped up
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US, Taliban Resume Talks After Rival Afghans Agree To End Bloodshed
US and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan's 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting with both sides calling for an end to civilian casualties.
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Taliban Say No Pact Struck In Meet With US On Deadline To End Afghan War
A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the militant group said a day after the diplomat declared a deadline of April 2019 to end a 17-year-long war.
