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15 Civilians Killed, Over 120 Injured In Taliban And Afghan Forces Clashes In Kandahar, Lashkargah: UN
At least 15 civilians were killed and over 120 other suffered injuries in clashes between Taliban terrorists and Afghan security forces in the last three days in the Afghan cities of Lashkargah and Kandahar, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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UN Headquarters Attacked In Afghanistan, At Least One Guard Killed
The main UN compound in the capital of the western Afghan province of Herat was attacked by "anti-government elements" on Friday and at least one security guard was killed, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said.
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Nine Civilians Killed In Eastern Afghan Province
At least nine civilians were killed in a night operation by Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, officials said, as fighting continued across Afghanistan.
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High: United Nation
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured, the United Nations said Monday.
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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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Effective Use Of UN Sanctions Will Restrict Afghan Violence: India At UN
Voicing concern over "unremitting distress signals" of a worsening security situation in war-torn Afghanistan, India said "effective" implementation of UN sanctions will ensure restrictions on the movements of groups perpetrating violence.
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Agony for Civilians as Afghan Battlefront Expands North
Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans caught in the crossfire on the Taliban's expanding northern battlefront.
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Gunbattle at Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Ends With 4 Attackers Killed: Government
Gunfire and explosions rang out Wednesday in a diplomatic quarter of Kabul as security forces waged an all-night battle with Taliban militants who tried to storm a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family.
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Taliban Truck Bomber Wounds Over 70 in South Afghanistan
More than 70 people were wounded Monday when a Taliban truck bomber detonated a tonne of explosives outside a government complex in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks that have sent civilian casualties surging.
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NATO Convoys Attacked in Afghanistan
Suicide car bombers targeted NATO convoys in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Friday, killing three civilians as security forces brace for a full-blown Taliban offensive in the spring fighting season.
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At Least 16 Killed in East Afghanistan Suicide Blast, Say Officials
A suicide bomber today killed at least 16 people and wounded around 40 others, including a prominent Afghan lawmaker, in an attack on an anti-corruption protest outside the residence of the governor of restive Khost province, officials said.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 7 Members of Afghan Family
A roadside bomb killed seven members of an Afghan family including three children in the restive south, officials said today, the latest civilian casualties ahead of the Taliban's traditional spring fighting season.
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India asks UN to Act Against Security Threat Urgently
Asserting that terror groups like Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cannot remain active in Afghanistan without "systematic state support" from "beyond" its borders, India has asked the UN Security Council to act against this security threat with a sense of urgency.
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Taliban Claims NATO 'Defeat' in the 13-Year Afghan War
The Taliban responded scornfully today to the formal end of NATO's war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a "fire of barbarism and cruelty" that had drowned the country "in a pool of blood"
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'Iraq Crisis Needs to be Tackled Militarily & Politically': United Nations
The advance of the Al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its allies towards Baghdad appears to have been "stalled" but the "grave" situation in Iraq needs to be dealt with militarily as well as politically, a top UN official has said.
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15 Civilians Killed, Over 120 Injured In Taliban And Afghan Forces Clashes In Kandahar, Lashkargah: UN
At least 15 civilians were killed and over 120 other suffered injuries in clashes between Taliban terrorists and Afghan security forces in the last three days in the Afghan cities of Lashkargah and Kandahar, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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UN Headquarters Attacked In Afghanistan, At Least One Guard Killed
The main UN compound in the capital of the western Afghan province of Herat was attacked by "anti-government elements" on Friday and at least one security guard was killed, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said.
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Nine Civilians Killed In Eastern Afghan Province
At least nine civilians were killed in a night operation by Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, officials said, as fighting continued across Afghanistan.
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High: United Nation
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured, the United Nations said Monday.
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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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Effective Use Of UN Sanctions Will Restrict Afghan Violence: India At UN
Voicing concern over "unremitting distress signals" of a worsening security situation in war-torn Afghanistan, India said "effective" implementation of UN sanctions will ensure restrictions on the movements of groups perpetrating violence.
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Agony for Civilians as Afghan Battlefront Expands North
Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans caught in the crossfire on the Taliban's expanding northern battlefront.
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Gunbattle at Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Ends With 4 Attackers Killed: Government
Gunfire and explosions rang out Wednesday in a diplomatic quarter of Kabul as security forces waged an all-night battle with Taliban militants who tried to storm a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family.
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Taliban Truck Bomber Wounds Over 70 in South Afghanistan
More than 70 people were wounded Monday when a Taliban truck bomber detonated a tonne of explosives outside a government complex in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks that have sent civilian casualties surging.
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NATO Convoys Attacked in Afghanistan
Suicide car bombers targeted NATO convoys in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Friday, killing three civilians as security forces brace for a full-blown Taliban offensive in the spring fighting season.
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At Least 16 Killed in East Afghanistan Suicide Blast, Say Officials
A suicide bomber today killed at least 16 people and wounded around 40 others, including a prominent Afghan lawmaker, in an attack on an anti-corruption protest outside the residence of the governor of restive Khost province, officials said.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 7 Members of Afghan Family
A roadside bomb killed seven members of an Afghan family including three children in the restive south, officials said today, the latest civilian casualties ahead of the Taliban's traditional spring fighting season.
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India asks UN to Act Against Security Threat Urgently
Asserting that terror groups like Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cannot remain active in Afghanistan without "systematic state support" from "beyond" its borders, India has asked the UN Security Council to act against this security threat with a sense of urgency.
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Taliban Claims NATO 'Defeat' in the 13-Year Afghan War
The Taliban responded scornfully today to the formal end of NATO's war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a "fire of barbarism and cruelty" that had drowned the country "in a pool of blood"
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'Iraq Crisis Needs to be Tackled Militarily & Politically': United Nations
The advance of the Al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its allies towards Baghdad appears to have been "stalled" but the "grave" situation in Iraq needs to be dealt with militarily as well as politically, a top UN official has said.
