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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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"Kunduz City Cleared, Taliban Pushed Back": Afghan Official
Afghan security forces have cleared Kunduz of Taliban fighters, an official said this morning, one day after insurgents assaulted the northern Afghanistan city.
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Taliban Attack Afghan City Of Kunduz Amid Peace Talks With US
Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, Afghan and Taliban officials said, even as the United States and the hardline Islamist group seem close to finalizing a deal for the withdrawal of American troops.
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Afghan Officials: Clashes With Taliban Continue In Kunduz
With American helicopters providing air support, Afghan forces battled the Taliban in the northern city of Kunduz for the third straight day Wednesday, following the multipronged attack launched by terrorists earlier this week.
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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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Afghan City Of Kunduz Under Taliban Attack, Says Report
The Taliban launched an assault on Kunduz, which was the scene of intense fighting on Monday, one year after the Islamist militia briefly took over the northern Afghan city following a lightning offensive, an AFP correspondent said.
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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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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Sacks Security Officials Over Fall of Kunduz
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today dismissed national security agency officials who he said had neglected their duty to defend the northern city of Kunduz, which Taliban terrorists briefly captured in September.
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John Kerry in Tajikistan for Talks on Afghan Border Threat
US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan today to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.
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Women Targeted in Taliban Takeover of Afghan City
Hiding in her basement, a Kunduz radio presenter was paralysed with fear when the Taliban came looking for her as they conducted house-to-house searches for working women after storming the northern Afghan city.
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Taliban Announces Withdrawal From Afghanistan City of Kunduz
The Taliban said on Tuesday they had withdrawn from Kunduz, two weeks after the group's stunning capture of the northern Afghan city that marked its biggest military victory in 14 years of war.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Declares Leading Afghan TV Networks 'Military Targets'
The Taliban on Monday declared two of Afghanistan's biggest television networks as legitimate "military targets", accusing them of fabricating claims that militants raped women during their recent three-day occupation of northern Kunduz city.
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Pentagon to Make 'Condolence Payments' to Kunduz Victims
The Pentagon announced Saturday it would make payments in compensation for those killed and injured by US airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
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Taliban Hold Out in Northern Afghan City, District in Northeast Falls
Taliban fighters are holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz today, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency.
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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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"Kunduz City Cleared, Taliban Pushed Back": Afghan Official
Afghan security forces have cleared Kunduz of Taliban fighters, an official said this morning, one day after insurgents assaulted the northern Afghanistan city.
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Taliban Attack Afghan City Of Kunduz Amid Peace Talks With US
Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, Afghan and Taliban officials said, even as the United States and the hardline Islamist group seem close to finalizing a deal for the withdrawal of American troops.
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Afghan Officials: Clashes With Taliban Continue In Kunduz
With American helicopters providing air support, Afghan forces battled the Taliban in the northern city of Kunduz for the third straight day Wednesday, following the multipronged attack launched by terrorists earlier this week.
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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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Afghan City Of Kunduz Under Taliban Attack, Says Report
The Taliban launched an assault on Kunduz, which was the scene of intense fighting on Monday, one year after the Islamist militia briefly took over the northern Afghan city following a lightning offensive, an AFP correspondent said.
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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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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Sacks Security Officials Over Fall of Kunduz
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today dismissed national security agency officials who he said had neglected their duty to defend the northern city of Kunduz, which Taliban terrorists briefly captured in September.
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John Kerry in Tajikistan for Talks on Afghan Border Threat
US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan today to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.
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Women Targeted in Taliban Takeover of Afghan City
Hiding in her basement, a Kunduz radio presenter was paralysed with fear when the Taliban came looking for her as they conducted house-to-house searches for working women after storming the northern Afghan city.
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Taliban Announces Withdrawal From Afghanistan City of Kunduz
The Taliban said on Tuesday they had withdrawn from Kunduz, two weeks after the group's stunning capture of the northern Afghan city that marked its biggest military victory in 14 years of war.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Declares Leading Afghan TV Networks 'Military Targets'
The Taliban on Monday declared two of Afghanistan's biggest television networks as legitimate "military targets", accusing them of fabricating claims that militants raped women during their recent three-day occupation of northern Kunduz city.
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Pentagon to Make 'Condolence Payments' to Kunduz Victims
The Pentagon announced Saturday it would make payments in compensation for those killed and injured by US airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
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Taliban Hold Out in Northern Afghan City, District in Northeast Falls
Taliban fighters are holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz today, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency.
