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Taliban Kill Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist In Afghanistan: Officials
Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers.
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35 Killed At Wedding Party During Nearby Afghan Army Raid
At least 35 civilians were killed and 13 people were injured during an attack conducted by the Afghan government forces in southern Helmand province, two provincial officials said on Monday.
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Afghan Taliban Use Drone To Film Suicide Attack
The Afghan Taliban have released aerial footage of a suicide car bombing in southern Helmand province, marking the first time the media-savvy militant group has used a drone to record an attack.
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Car Bomb Kills At Least 10 Police In Besieged Afghan City
A suspected car bomb today killed at least 10 police amid increased Taliban attacks on the besieged capital of the southwestern Afghan province of Helmand, with the toll expected to rise, a security official said.
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Fierce Gunbattle Rages In North While 12 Policemen Killed In South: Afghanistan
Fierce gunbattles raged for a second day on Tuesday in Afghanistan's embattled northern city of Kunduz while in the country's south, terrorists killed 12 policemen at checkpoints around the Helmand provincial capital and seized another district they had attacked a day earlier.
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Taliban Attacks End Lull In Combat In Afghan Province Of Helmand
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main city of the southern Afghan province of Helmand early on Sunday, ending weeks of relative calm during the annual opium harvest.
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Taliban Attacks Government Offices In Afghanistan: Report
Casualties were feared as Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan's Helmand province today, sources said.
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Afghan Taliban Use Captured Humvees In Suicide Attack
Taliban insurgents in captured military Humvee vehicles launched suicide attacks in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Saturday, killing several members of the security forces in the district centre of Sangin, a senior official said.
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US, Afghan Casualties In Special Ops Mission In Helmand: US Official
Several US and Afghan troops were wounded today during a special operations mission in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province, a US defence official said.
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US Air Strikes Hit Targets In Embattled Afghan District Sangin
US aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday, as the battle for the strategic province of Helmand continued.
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Afghan Taliban Kills 6 NATO Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six NATO soldiers near Kabul today, in a brazen attack as the resurgent terrorist group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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Afghan Taliban Seize Humvees for Sneak Attacks and Propaganda
When two U.S.-made Humvees approached a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Helmand province last month, the police assumed them to be friendly local or coalition forces.
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Air Strike Kills 11 Afghan Police: Officials
An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said today, in the latest apparent case of "friendly fire".
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At Least 17 Injured in Attack on NATO Troops in Kabul
At least 17 people were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on NATO troops as their truck convoy passed down the main road running between Kabul's airport and the US embassy, police and health ministry officials said.
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Taliban Attack Police Post in Afghanistan Killing 17
Dozens of Taliban insurgents attacked a police post in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, killing at least 17 policemen, police said today.
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Taliban Kill Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist In Afghanistan: Officials
Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers.
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35 Killed At Wedding Party During Nearby Afghan Army Raid
At least 35 civilians were killed and 13 people were injured during an attack conducted by the Afghan government forces in southern Helmand province, two provincial officials said on Monday.
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Afghan Taliban Use Drone To Film Suicide Attack
The Afghan Taliban have released aerial footage of a suicide car bombing in southern Helmand province, marking the first time the media-savvy militant group has used a drone to record an attack.
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Car Bomb Kills At Least 10 Police In Besieged Afghan City
A suspected car bomb today killed at least 10 police amid increased Taliban attacks on the besieged capital of the southwestern Afghan province of Helmand, with the toll expected to rise, a security official said.
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Fierce Gunbattle Rages In North While 12 Policemen Killed In South: Afghanistan
Fierce gunbattles raged for a second day on Tuesday in Afghanistan's embattled northern city of Kunduz while in the country's south, terrorists killed 12 policemen at checkpoints around the Helmand provincial capital and seized another district they had attacked a day earlier.
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Taliban Attacks End Lull In Combat In Afghan Province Of Helmand
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main city of the southern Afghan province of Helmand early on Sunday, ending weeks of relative calm during the annual opium harvest.
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Taliban Attacks Government Offices In Afghanistan: Report
Casualties were feared as Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan's Helmand province today, sources said.
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Afghan Taliban Use Captured Humvees In Suicide Attack
Taliban insurgents in captured military Humvee vehicles launched suicide attacks in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Saturday, killing several members of the security forces in the district centre of Sangin, a senior official said.
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US, Afghan Casualties In Special Ops Mission In Helmand: US Official
Several US and Afghan troops were wounded today during a special operations mission in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province, a US defence official said.
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US Air Strikes Hit Targets In Embattled Afghan District Sangin
US aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday, as the battle for the strategic province of Helmand continued.
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Afghan Taliban Kills 6 NATO Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six NATO soldiers near Kabul today, in a brazen attack as the resurgent terrorist group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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Afghan Taliban Seize Humvees for Sneak Attacks and Propaganda
When two U.S.-made Humvees approached a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Helmand province last month, the police assumed them to be friendly local or coalition forces.
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Air Strike Kills 11 Afghan Police: Officials
An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said today, in the latest apparent case of "friendly fire".
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At Least 17 Injured in Attack on NATO Troops in Kabul
At least 17 people were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on NATO troops as their truck convoy passed down the main road running between Kabul's airport and the US embassy, police and health ministry officials said.
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Taliban Attack Police Post in Afghanistan Killing 17
Dozens of Taliban insurgents attacked a police post in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, killing at least 17 policemen, police said today.
