Afghan News
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Afghan passenger plane crashes in Taliban-held eastern area
A passenger plane from Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines crashed Monday in a Taliban-held area of the eastern Ghazni province, local officials...
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Windies get 7-wkt ODI win against Afghans
Shai Hope and Roston Chase struck half-centuries to power West Indies to a seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first...
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Special Afghan combat unit starts operation for TAPI project security
A special combat unit of Afghan security forces has started operation to stabilize Afghanistan's war-ravaged provinces involving a major gas...
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Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US envoy says deal is near
The Taliban attacked a second Afghan city in as many days on Sunday, killing several civilians and security forces, officials...
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Blast near Afghan university kills six, injures 27
An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people...
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US envoy briefs Afghan officials on talks with the Taliban
The Afghan president's office says U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad shared details of his recent talks with the Taliban in...
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US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on Taliban
The U.S. special envoy tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's bloody 17-year-old war met Tuesday with Pakistani officials,...
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US airstrike reportedly kills dozens of Afghan civilians
Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least 10...
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Top Afghan official killed in shooting, US general unhurt
Gen Scott Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan who had been at the meeting with Razeq only moments earlier,...
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Afghan teen behind Amsterdam train station stabbings: Dutch police
A knife attacker on Friday stabbed two people at Amsterdam's Central Station before being shot by police in a suspected...
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US, Iran stand-off opens opportunities for Afghan money traders
Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely winners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest...