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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, First After Afghanistan Takeover
The Taliban administration today put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.
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Taliban Say They Have Not Found Body Of Al Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri
The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month.
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Blast Kills 2 Civilians Near Kabul Mosque: Taliban
An explosion outside a mosque in the Afghan capital killed "a number of civilians" on Sunday, a senior Taliban official said. The blast struck near the entrance of the Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.
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New Taliban Government To Be Announced Soon: Spokesperson
The Taliban claimed victory on Monday over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the Islamist group's takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce a new government soon.
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Taliban Ask Former Members Of Afghan Forces To Integrate With New Regime
The Taliban on Monday called on former members of the Afghan forces to integrate with the new hardline rulers.
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For Years Taliban Spokesman Operated From Shadows, Now He Is In Spotlight
For years the Taliban's top spokesman shunned the public eye, even as he amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online where he live-tweeted the insurgency.
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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 Reject Reports Of Secret Talks With Afghanistan
The Taliban on Wednesday rejected reports of secret meetings with the Afghan government in a bid to resume long-stalled peace negotiations, insisting that their hardline policy remains unchanged.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes In North Afghanistan; 8 Dead
An Afghan official says eight Afghan army soldiers have been killed after a military helicopter crashed in northern Baghlan province.
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 20 Police Outside Kabul Base
Twenty policemen were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck their base in Kabul on Monday, officials said, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group.
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Taliban Kill 10 Afghan Police In Insider Attack: Officials
A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.
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Afghan Taliban Leader Injured in Internal Firefight
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was seriously injured in a firefight following a heated argument at a meeting of militant commanders, officials said on Wednesday, exposing deepening divisions within the fractious militant movement.
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Afghan Officials Say Government Retakes Kunduz: Taliban Denies
Afghan officials said government troops recaptured much of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban insurgents early on Thursday, three days after losing the provincial capital in an embarrassing defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies.
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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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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, First After Afghanistan Takeover
The Taliban administration today put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.
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Taliban Say They Have Not Found Body Of Al Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri
The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month.
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Blast Kills 2 Civilians Near Kabul Mosque: Taliban
An explosion outside a mosque in the Afghan capital killed "a number of civilians" on Sunday, a senior Taliban official said. The blast struck near the entrance of the Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.
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New Taliban Government To Be Announced Soon: Spokesperson
The Taliban claimed victory on Monday over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the Islamist group's takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce a new government soon.
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Taliban Ask Former Members Of Afghan Forces To Integrate With New Regime
The Taliban on Monday called on former members of the Afghan forces to integrate with the new hardline rulers.
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For Years Taliban Spokesman Operated From Shadows, Now He Is In Spotlight
For years the Taliban's top spokesman shunned the public eye, even as he amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online where he live-tweeted the insurgency.
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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 Reject Reports Of Secret Talks With Afghanistan
The Taliban on Wednesday rejected reports of secret meetings with the Afghan government in a bid to resume long-stalled peace negotiations, insisting that their hardline policy remains unchanged.
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Afghan Army Helicopter Crashes In North Afghanistan; 8 Dead
An Afghan official says eight Afghan army soldiers have been killed after a military helicopter crashed in northern Baghlan province.
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 20 Police Outside Kabul Base
Twenty policemen were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck their base in Kabul on Monday, officials said, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group.
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Taliban Kill 10 Afghan Police In Insider Attack: Officials
A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.
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Afghan Taliban Leader Injured in Internal Firefight
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was seriously injured in a firefight following a heated argument at a meeting of militant commanders, officials said on Wednesday, exposing deepening divisions within the fractious militant movement.
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Afghan Officials Say Government Retakes Kunduz: Taliban Denies
Afghan officials said government troops recaptured much of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban insurgents early on Thursday, three days after losing the provincial capital in an embarrassing defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies.
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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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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
