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Taliban Ask Imams To Urge Unity At First Friday Prayers Since Takeover
The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital, Kabul
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Taliban Tighten Grip On Afghanistan As All Eyes Turn To Capital Kabul
Taliban insurgents have seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities as resistance from government forces crumbled, stoking fears that an assault on the capital Kabul could be just days away.
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Another City Falls To Taliban As Thousands Flee Northern Afghanistan
The Taliban seized two more Afghan cities Tuesday -- including one just 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Kabul -- as tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the north for the relative safety of the capital and other centres.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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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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NATO Troops Reach Kunduz to Support Afghan Forces
NATO said Wednesday its special forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after the Taliban seized the northern city, repelled a counter-attack and advanced on the airport to shore up their biggest victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Attempt to Seize Airport in Afghanistan City of Kunduz: Official
Taliban fighters were attempting to seize control of the airport in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz late today, after the militants seized a provincial capital for the first time since their ouster 14 years ago. The fighters were flooding into the airport and about 80 per cent of the complex was under their control, according to an Afghan securi...
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Afghan Forces Battle to Regain Control of City After Stunning Loss
Afghan forces backed by United States air support battled Taliban fighters for control of the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after the militants seized a provincial capital for the first time since their ouster 14 years ago.
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Afghanistan Taliban Seize Kunduz City Centre in Milestone Gain
Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor's office, in one of the militants' biggest territorial gains in 14 years of war, witnesses and officials said.
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Taliban Ask Imams To Urge Unity At First Friday Prayers Since Takeover
The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital, Kabul
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Taliban Tighten Grip On Afghanistan As All Eyes Turn To Capital Kabul
Taliban insurgents have seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities as resistance from government forces crumbled, stoking fears that an assault on the capital Kabul could be just days away.
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Another City Falls To Taliban As Thousands Flee Northern Afghanistan
The Taliban seized two more Afghan cities Tuesday -- including one just 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Kabul -- as tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the north for the relative safety of the capital and other centres.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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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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NATO Troops Reach Kunduz to Support Afghan Forces
NATO said Wednesday its special forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after the Taliban seized the northern city, repelled a counter-attack and advanced on the airport to shore up their biggest victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Attempt to Seize Airport in Afghanistan City of Kunduz: Official
Taliban fighters were attempting to seize control of the airport in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz late today, after the militants seized a provincial capital for the first time since their ouster 14 years ago. The fighters were flooding into the airport and about 80 per cent of the complex was under their control, according to an Afghan securi...
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Afghan Forces Battle to Regain Control of City After Stunning Loss
Afghan forces backed by United States air support battled Taliban fighters for control of the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after the militants seized a provincial capital for the first time since their ouster 14 years ago.
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Afghanistan Taliban Seize Kunduz City Centre in Milestone Gain
Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor's office, in one of the militants' biggest territorial gains in 14 years of war, witnesses and officials said.
