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Foreign Missions In Afghanistan Call For Taliban Ceasefire As Peace Talks Fail
Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Monday to halt their military offensives just hours after the rival Afghan sides failed to agree on a ceasefire at a peace meeting in Doha.
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NATO Withholds Key Information On Taliban Attacks: US Watchdog
NATO's US-led mission in Afghanistan is withholding key information about Taliban attacks, a US government watchdog said Friday, potentially making insights into the war harder just as the Pentagon slashes its troop presence.
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Two US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Bomb Attack: NATO
Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on a US Army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO mission there said.
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US Soldier Wounded In Last Week's Taliban-Claimed Attack In Afghanistan
A US general was shot and wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack on a high-level security meeting last week that killed a powerful Afghan police chief, NATO's mission in Afghanistan said Monday.
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Germany Not 'First In Line' To Boost Troops In Afghanistan: Chancellor Angela Merkel
Germany will continue to lead NATO's military training mission in northern Afghanistan, but is not looking to increase its presence there or to expand its role in the fight against Islamic State, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
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Afghan Civilian Casualties Hit Record High In 2016: UN
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 hit their highest recorded level, the UN said Monday, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants -- one third of them children -- killed or wounded.
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US Soldier Killed In Afghan Mission: NATO
A US soldier was killed and two wounded in an operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling to push back Taliban insurgents, a NATO defence official said Tuesday.
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Afghan Taliban Bomber Kills 6 US Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six US soldiers near Kabul Monday, in a brazen attack as the resurgent militant group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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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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NATO Ponders Future of Afghan Mission as Fatigue, Frustration Mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
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Britain to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Into 2016: Minister
Britain will keep its current level of 450 troops on non-combat missions in Afghanistan through 2016, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said in a written statement to parliament on Tuesday.
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11 Dead in US C-130 Plane Crash in Afghanistan
A C-130 military transport plane crashed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 people, including six US soldiers who were part of a NATO training and counter-terror mission supporting stretched Afghan troops.
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3 Dozen Dead, Hundreds Wounded as Multiple Bombings Rock Kabul
Multiple bombings rocked Kabul Friday, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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NATO to Assess Afghan Fighting Season Before Deciding on Mission's Future
NATO will decide how quickly to scale back its mission to train Afghan security forces after judging how well they perform in this summer's "fighting season", the alliance's chief said on Thursday.
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Foreign Missions In Afghanistan Call For Taliban Ceasefire As Peace Talks Fail
Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Monday to halt their military offensives just hours after the rival Afghan sides failed to agree on a ceasefire at a peace meeting in Doha.
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NATO Withholds Key Information On Taliban Attacks: US Watchdog
NATO's US-led mission in Afghanistan is withholding key information about Taliban attacks, a US government watchdog said Friday, potentially making insights into the war harder just as the Pentagon slashes its troop presence.
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Two US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Bomb Attack: NATO
Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on a US Army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO mission there said.
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US Soldier Wounded In Last Week's Taliban-Claimed Attack In Afghanistan
A US general was shot and wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack on a high-level security meeting last week that killed a powerful Afghan police chief, NATO's mission in Afghanistan said Monday.
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Germany Not 'First In Line' To Boost Troops In Afghanistan: Chancellor Angela Merkel
Germany will continue to lead NATO's military training mission in northern Afghanistan, but is not looking to increase its presence there or to expand its role in the fight against Islamic State, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
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Afghan Civilian Casualties Hit Record High In 2016: UN
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 hit their highest recorded level, the UN said Monday, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants -- one third of them children -- killed or wounded.
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US Soldier Killed In Afghan Mission: NATO
A US soldier was killed and two wounded in an operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling to push back Taliban insurgents, a NATO defence official said Tuesday.
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Afghan Taliban Bomber Kills 6 US Troops As Violence Rises
A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six US soldiers near Kabul Monday, in a brazen attack as the resurgent militant group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan's opium-growing heartland.
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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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NATO Ponders Future of Afghan Mission as Fatigue, Frustration Mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
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Britain to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Into 2016: Minister
Britain will keep its current level of 450 troops on non-combat missions in Afghanistan through 2016, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said in a written statement to parliament on Tuesday.
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11 Dead in US C-130 Plane Crash in Afghanistan
A C-130 military transport plane crashed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 people, including six US soldiers who were part of a NATO training and counter-terror mission supporting stretched Afghan troops.
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3 Dozen Dead, Hundreds Wounded as Multiple Bombings Rock Kabul
Multiple bombings rocked Kabul Friday, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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NATO to Assess Afghan Fighting Season Before Deciding on Mission's Future
NATO will decide how quickly to scale back its mission to train Afghan security forces after judging how well they perform in this summer's "fighting season", the alliance's chief said on Thursday.
