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Taliban To Unveil New Afghan Government Framework Within Weeks: Official
The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asian nation.
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Heavy Cross-Border Fire From Afghanistan Kills Seven Pakistan Soldiers: Military
Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan killed seven Pakistani soldiers early today at a checkpost in the restive tribal region of South Waziristan, the army said.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing from Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected U.S. air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing From Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected US air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Afghan Delegation to Meet Taliban as Twin Attacks Hit Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he had sent a delegation to Pakistan to meet with representatives of the Taliban, his first acknowledgement of official talks with the insurgents fighting to topple the government in Kabul.
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Pakistan Military Says 2,763 Militants Killed in One Year Offensive
Pakistan's military said today it had killed more than 2,700 militants since the launch of a major offensive near the Afghan border a year ago, with the latest air strikes leaving 20 dead.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 1, Wounds 6 in Pakistan: Police
A Taliban suicide bomber attack targeted a senior police officer in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least one police guard and wounding six other people, officials said.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 3 in Pakistan, Say Officials
A roadside bomb today killed a local government official and two others in one of Pakistan's restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
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Gunmen Kill 7 in Attack on Muslim Council in Southern Afghan: Police
Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.
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Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 44 Militants: Military
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive operation against the Taliban.
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Fearing Islamic State, Afghanistan's Shi'ites Seek Help From Old Enemies
Even by Afghanistan's standards of often-shifting alliances, a recent meeting between ethnic Hazara elders and local commanders of the Taliban insurgents who have persecuted them for years was extraordinary.
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Pakistan Kills 34 Militants in Air Strikes
Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants today in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.
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Deadly Attacks Drive Pakistan Coffin Boom
Northwest Pakistan has been gripped by a raging Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, but a grim economic lifeline has emerged from the tragedy for some enterprising locals -- a boom in coffin sales.
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Pakistan to End Death Penalty Moratorium in Terror Cases
Pakistan is to end its moratorium on the death penalty in terror-related cases, the prime minister's office announced today, a day after Taliban militants killed 141 people in an attack on a school.
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Operation 'Strike of the Prophet's Sword': Pak Jets Strike Insurgents in Full Scale Offensive
Pakistani fighter jets pounded North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a full-scale drive to flush Islamist insurgents out of the volatile region bordering Afghanistan.
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Taliban To Unveil New Afghan Government Framework Within Weeks: Official
The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asian nation.
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Heavy Cross-Border Fire From Afghanistan Kills Seven Pakistan Soldiers: Military
Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan killed seven Pakistani soldiers early today at a checkpost in the restive tribal region of South Waziristan, the army said.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing from Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected U.S. air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing From Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected US air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Afghan Delegation to Meet Taliban as Twin Attacks Hit Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he had sent a delegation to Pakistan to meet with representatives of the Taliban, his first acknowledgement of official talks with the insurgents fighting to topple the government in Kabul.
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Pakistan Military Says 2,763 Militants Killed in One Year Offensive
Pakistan's military said today it had killed more than 2,700 militants since the launch of a major offensive near the Afghan border a year ago, with the latest air strikes leaving 20 dead.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 1, Wounds 6 in Pakistan: Police
A Taliban suicide bomber attack targeted a senior police officer in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least one police guard and wounding six other people, officials said.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 3 in Pakistan, Say Officials
A roadside bomb today killed a local government official and two others in one of Pakistan's restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
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Gunmen Kill 7 in Attack on Muslim Council in Southern Afghan: Police
Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.
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Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 44 Militants: Military
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive operation against the Taliban.
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Fearing Islamic State, Afghanistan's Shi'ites Seek Help From Old Enemies
Even by Afghanistan's standards of often-shifting alliances, a recent meeting between ethnic Hazara elders and local commanders of the Taliban insurgents who have persecuted them for years was extraordinary.
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Pakistan Kills 34 Militants in Air Strikes
Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants today in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.
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Deadly Attacks Drive Pakistan Coffin Boom
Northwest Pakistan has been gripped by a raging Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, but a grim economic lifeline has emerged from the tragedy for some enterprising locals -- a boom in coffin sales.
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Pakistan to End Death Penalty Moratorium in Terror Cases
Pakistan is to end its moratorium on the death penalty in terror-related cases, the prime minister's office announced today, a day after Taliban militants killed 141 people in an attack on a school.
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Operation 'Strike of the Prophet's Sword': Pak Jets Strike Insurgents in Full Scale Offensive
Pakistani fighter jets pounded North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a full-scale drive to flush Islamist insurgents out of the volatile region bordering Afghanistan.
