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In New Book, Barack Obama Recalls Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden
Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan an...
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Mortar Blast At Afghan Religious School Kills 9 Students
A mortar bomb blast inside a religious school in northern Afghanistan Thursday killed at least nine students, police said.
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70 Killed In Afghan Mosque Blast During Friday Prayers
At least 62 people were killed by a blast inside an Afghan mosque during Friday prayers, according to officials, a day after the United Nations said violence in the country had reached "unacceptable" levels.
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Over 100 Killed In Taliban Attack On Afghanistan Military Base
The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province today, a senior defence official said.
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Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 72 At 2 Mosques In Afghanistan's Kabul
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.
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6 Killed In Roof Collapse In Eastern Afghanistan Refugee Camp
An Afghan official says the roof of a shoddily constructed house in a refugee camp in eastern Afghanistan collapsed as a family was sleeping inside, killing 6 family members, including two women and two children.
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Four Americans Killed In US Base Attack In Afghanistan
Four Americans were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said, in a major breach of security.
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12 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Their Sleep By Fellow Troops: Official
As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said on Tuesday, in the latest so-called "insider attack".
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How Taliban Use 'Honey Trap' Boys To Kill Afghan Police
The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- to infiltrate security ranks, multiple officials and survivors of such assaults told AFP.
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Insider Attack Kills 6 Policemen In Afghanistan
An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.
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Taliban Kill 10 Afghan Police In Insider Attack: Officials
A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.
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Australian Military Criticised Over Deaths in Afghanistan
The deaths of three Australian soldiers killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan may have been prevented had the military passed down a NATO order to tighten security, a coroner found today.
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Two Killed in Taliban Raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion Under Fire
Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former US and British base Camp Bastion.
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Blast Inside Office of Kabul Police Chief: Official
A suicide bomber walked into the offices of the Kabul police chief on Sunday and detonated his explosives, killing a senior aide in an attack that highlighted poor security procedures in the Afghan capital.
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Body of US General Arrives at Dover Air Force Base
The body of a two-star general killed in an Afghan "insider attack" has arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
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In New Book, Barack Obama Recalls Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden
Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan an...
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Mortar Blast At Afghan Religious School Kills 9 Students
A mortar bomb blast inside a religious school in northern Afghanistan Thursday killed at least nine students, police said.
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70 Killed In Afghan Mosque Blast During Friday Prayers
At least 62 people were killed by a blast inside an Afghan mosque during Friday prayers, according to officials, a day after the United Nations said violence in the country had reached "unacceptable" levels.
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Over 100 Killed In Taliban Attack On Afghanistan Military Base
The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province today, a senior defence official said.
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Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 72 At 2 Mosques In Afghanistan's Kabul
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.
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6 Killed In Roof Collapse In Eastern Afghanistan Refugee Camp
An Afghan official says the roof of a shoddily constructed house in a refugee camp in eastern Afghanistan collapsed as a family was sleeping inside, killing 6 family members, including two women and two children.
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Four Americans Killed In US Base Attack In Afghanistan
Four Americans were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said, in a major breach of security.
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12 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Their Sleep By Fellow Troops: Official
As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said on Tuesday, in the latest so-called "insider attack".
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How Taliban Use 'Honey Trap' Boys To Kill Afghan Police
The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- to infiltrate security ranks, multiple officials and survivors of such assaults told AFP.
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Insider Attack Kills 6 Policemen In Afghanistan
An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.
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Taliban Kill 10 Afghan Police In Insider Attack: Officials
A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.
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Australian Military Criticised Over Deaths in Afghanistan
The deaths of three Australian soldiers killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan may have been prevented had the military passed down a NATO order to tighten security, a coroner found today.
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Two Killed in Taliban Raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion Under Fire
Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former US and British base Camp Bastion.
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Blast Inside Office of Kabul Police Chief: Official
A suicide bomber walked into the offices of the Kabul police chief on Sunday and detonated his explosives, killing a senior aide in an attack that highlighted poor security procedures in the Afghan capital.
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Body of US General Arrives at Dover Air Force Base
The body of a two-star general killed in an Afghan "insider attack" has arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
