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Pak Province To Launch Major Op To Evict Illegal Afghan Migrants: Report
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a major operation to evict thousands of illegal Afghans from the provincial capital Peshawar, a senior official said on Saturday.
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Have Entered Capital Of Holdout Province Panjshir, Say Taliban
The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir, the valley where opposition forces have been holding out since the fall of Kabul three weeks ago.
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Taliban Capture Provincial Capital 50 Km South Of Kabul: Official
The Taliban captured the provincial capital of Logar province Friday, just 50 km (30 miles) from Kabul, effectively opening a path to the seat of the nation.
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Taliban Move Closer To Afghan Capital After Capturing Ghazni City
The Taliban have taken Ghazni city, a senior local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, the 10th Afghan provincial capital to fall in a week and just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul.
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President Ghani Flies Into Mazar To Rally Forces As Taliban Inches Closer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday to rally his beleaguered forces, with cfighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week.
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Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker
The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the ninth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than a week.
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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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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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Taliban Capture Two More Provincial Capitals In Northern Blitz
The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul.
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Fierce Fighting Rages In Centre Of Major Afghan City Kunduz: Official
Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz, a major provincial capital, officials and an AFP correspondent reported.
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Taliban Capture Second Afghan Provincial Capital In 24 Hours
The Taliban seized the stronghold of a notorious Afghan warlord Saturday, officials said, the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in under 24 hours.
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Taliban Captures Afghan Provincial Capital; First To Fall Since US Withdrawal
The Taliban have captured their first Afghan provincial capital since launching an offensive to coincide with the final departure of foreign troops, a senior government official said Friday.
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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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Afghanistan Sends In Commandos As Taliban Surround City
Taliban fighters on motorbikes roamed a provincial Afghan capital Thursday after a day of heavy fighting that saw them storm the city in their most brazen assault since the United States stepped up its troop withdrawal.
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Taliban Launch Assault On Afghan Provincial Capital Qala-i-Naw
The Taliban on Wednesday launched their first assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan since waging a major offensive against Afghan forces, as the pullout of US troops from the country nears completion.
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Pak Province To Launch Major Op To Evict Illegal Afghan Migrants: Report
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a major operation to evict thousands of illegal Afghans from the provincial capital Peshawar, a senior official said on Saturday.
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Have Entered Capital Of Holdout Province Panjshir, Say Taliban
The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir, the valley where opposition forces have been holding out since the fall of Kabul three weeks ago.
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Taliban Capture Provincial Capital 50 Km South Of Kabul: Official
The Taliban captured the provincial capital of Logar province Friday, just 50 km (30 miles) from Kabul, effectively opening a path to the seat of the nation.
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Taliban Move Closer To Afghan Capital After Capturing Ghazni City
The Taliban have taken Ghazni city, a senior local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, the 10th Afghan provincial capital to fall in a week and just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul.
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President Ghani Flies Into Mazar To Rally Forces As Taliban Inches Closer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday to rally his beleaguered forces, with cfighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week.
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Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker
The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the ninth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than a week.
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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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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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Taliban Capture Two More Provincial Capitals In Northern Blitz
The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul.
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Fierce Fighting Rages In Centre Of Major Afghan City Kunduz: Official
Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz, a major provincial capital, officials and an AFP correspondent reported.
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Taliban Capture Second Afghan Provincial Capital In 24 Hours
The Taliban seized the stronghold of a notorious Afghan warlord Saturday, officials said, the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in under 24 hours.
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Taliban Captures Afghan Provincial Capital; First To Fall Since US Withdrawal
The Taliban have captured their first Afghan provincial capital since launching an offensive to coincide with the final departure of foreign troops, a senior government official said Friday.
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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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Afghanistan Sends In Commandos As Taliban Surround City
Taliban fighters on motorbikes roamed a provincial Afghan capital Thursday after a day of heavy fighting that saw them storm the city in their most brazen assault since the United States stepped up its troop withdrawal.
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Taliban Launch Assault On Afghan Provincial Capital Qala-i-Naw
The Taliban on Wednesday launched their first assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan since waging a major offensive against Afghan forces, as the pullout of US troops from the country nears completion.
