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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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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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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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Taliban Launch Coordinated Attack On Afghan City Of Kunduz
The Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the city of Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday morning, setting of a gunbattle with Afghan forces that was still underway hours later, officials said.
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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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2 Spanish Security Personnel, 4 Afghan Policemen Killed In Kabul Attack
Afghan security forces suppressed a suicide attack on a guest house attached to the Spanish embassy in Kabul, killing three Taliban fighters after hours of intermittent gunfire and explosions that lasted into the early hours of today.
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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Taliban Car Bomb Targets British Military Convoy in Kabul
A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a British forces convoy in central Kabul today, triggering a powerful explosion in an attack that comes two weeks after the resurgent militant group overran a key northern city.
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US 'Mistakenly' Struck Afghan Hospital: Top Commander
The American air strike on a Kunduz hospital was a mistake, the top US commander in Afghanistan acknowledged Tuesday as he urged Washington to consider boosting its post-2016 military presence to repel a Taliban upsurge.
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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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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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Taliban Bombing Kills at Least 21 in Northern Afghanistan
A Taliban attack killed at least 21 people in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, after a wave of lethal bombings in the capital as the insurgency escalates following a bitter power transition.
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Afghan Forces Recapture Key District From Taliban
Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz today, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001.
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'Fear They Will Find Me': Death Threats Stalk Afghan Acid Victim
Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the 20-year-old Afghan into hiding.
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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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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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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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Taliban Launch Coordinated Attack On Afghan City Of Kunduz
The Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the city of Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday morning, setting of a gunbattle with Afghan forces that was still underway hours later, officials said.
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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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2 Spanish Security Personnel, 4 Afghan Policemen Killed In Kabul Attack
Afghan security forces suppressed a suicide attack on a guest house attached to the Spanish embassy in Kabul, killing three Taliban fighters after hours of intermittent gunfire and explosions that lasted into the early hours of today.
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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Taliban Car Bomb Targets British Military Convoy in Kabul
A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a British forces convoy in central Kabul today, triggering a powerful explosion in an attack that comes two weeks after the resurgent militant group overran a key northern city.
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US 'Mistakenly' Struck Afghan Hospital: Top Commander
The American air strike on a Kunduz hospital was a mistake, the top US commander in Afghanistan acknowledged Tuesday as he urged Washington to consider boosting its post-2016 military presence to repel a Taliban upsurge.
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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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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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Taliban Bombing Kills at Least 21 in Northern Afghanistan
A Taliban attack killed at least 21 people in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, after a wave of lethal bombings in the capital as the insurgency escalates following a bitter power transition.
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Afghan Forces Recapture Key District From Taliban
Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz today, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001.
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'Fear They Will Find Me': Death Threats Stalk Afghan Acid Victim
Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the 20-year-old Afghan into hiding.
