Uruzgan

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  Afghan Forces Retake City Threatened By Taliban

  A Kabul defense official says Afghan forces have retaken most of a southern provincial capital that was nearly overrun by the Taliban the day before.

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  Taliban Push Into Provincial Capital In South Afghanistan

  The Taliban pushed into the capital of Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province today, triggering fierce clashes and sending all government officials fleeing from the city, an Afghan official said.

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  Insider Attack Kills 6 Policemen In Afghanistan

  An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.

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  Militants Kill 9 Afghan Aid Workers in Night Time Attack

  Unidentified militants shot and killed nine Afghan employees of a Czech-backed aid group, People in Need, in an attack early on Tuesday in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, government officials said.

• Last Australian combat troops leave Afghanistan

  Australian combat troops have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking the end of the nation's longest war, which has left 40 Australians dead.

• Suicide bomber in uniform kills 12 Afghan police

  A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan police uniform detonated an explosive-laden vest in a police dining room today in the country's volatile south, killing 12 police in an apparent insider attack, local officials said.

• Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan

  A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan today, the provincial head of the crime investigation unit said.