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Australia defence chief pledges changes after damning Afghanistan war-crimes report

Australia's top military official said on Sunday the country's defence force must 'own' a recent report on soldiers committing crimes in Afghanistan and pledged changes to ensure that atrocities do…

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Rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, at least eight killed

Several rockets hit residential areas in the early rush hour in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31, police officials said. The explosions,…

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Nearly 6,000 Afghan civilians killed or wounded in 2020: U.N.

Nearly 6,000 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first nine months of the year as heavy fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents rages on despite efforts to…

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24 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed 24 people including teenage students and wounded dozens more on Saturday, officials said. A Ministry of Interior spokesman,…

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Afghan forces kill senior al Qaeda leader al-Masri who was on FBI most wanted list

Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior al Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security…

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Afghan peace talks to open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

Talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents start in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday with the goal of bringing an end to nearly two decades of a conflict that…

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UPDATED: Afghan vice president targeted by roadside bomb that kills six

A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman after the attack which killed and wounded at least…

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Afghanistan to release 400 ‘hard-core’ Taliban to start peace talks

Afghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 "hard-core" Taliban prisoners, paving the way for the beginning of peace talks aimed at ending more than 19 years of war. Under election-year…

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Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack

A gunbattle between Islamic State fighters and Afghan security forces raged at a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the…

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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Afghanistan

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, the group's Amaq news agency said on Sunday . At least three bombs exploded outside a jail…

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Russia denies paying Afghan militants to kill NATO troops

Russia has rejected as "baseless" accusations that it offered Taliban-linked militants rewards to kill US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times and Washington Post cited US…

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Afghan government, Taliban agree to Doha as venue for first peace talks

Afghanistan’s government and the Islamist Taliban group have agreed that Doha will be the venue for the first meeting in their peace talks, both sides said. The talks, known as…

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Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack

Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian…

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Large number of COVID-19 cases among Afghan medics

More than a third of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Afghan capital have been among doctors and other healthcare staff, two senior health officials said, in a sign that the…

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Afghanistan probes report Iranian border guards threw migrants into river with many drowning

Afghan officials on Sunday launched a hunt to retrieve bodies of Afghan migrants from a river in a western province after reports that Iranian border guards tortured and threw…

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Afghanistan’s other war

In Afghanistan, the health ministry has warned that two critical weeks are ahead as the war-torn country recorded its biggest one-day rise of new coronavirus cases, triggered by a…

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Pandemic may derail US-Afghan peace efforts

American Efforts to bring the long-drawn conflict with the Taliban in Afghanistan to an end may be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Fighting has tended to escalate in the Spring…

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Photo Story: Kabul attack kills 27 persons

The death toll in an attack on a ceremony in Kabul rose to 27, a ministry of health spokesman said on Friday. Gunmen attacked a ceremony in the Afghan capital…

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War crimes investigation into US forces in Afghanistan can go ahead, ICC rules

An investigation into alleged war crimes by US and others in the Afghanistan war can go ahead, the International Criminal Court has ruled (ICC). The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001…

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US conducts first airstrike on Taliban since peace deal

The US military on Wednesday said it had conducted an airstrike against Taliban forces, just days after signing a historic peace deal with the militant group. In a tweet,…

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US and Taliban sign peace agreement ending 18-year war in Afghanistan

The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return…

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Taliban orders halt to attacks in Afghanistan ahead of U.S. agreement

The Taliban ordered all its fighters “to refrain from any kind of attack” on Saturday ahead of the signing of an agreement with the U.S. diplomats aimed at bringing peace…

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Parallel governments in Afghanistan as both presidential candidates say they won

Afghan presidential election challenger Abdullah Abdullah contested results that declared incumbent President Ashraf Ghani the winner of a September presidential poll, vowing to form a parallel government. "Our team, based…

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US and Taliban agree to truce in Afghanistan

The United States and the Taliban have agreed to a temporary truce that, if successful, would open the way for a deal that would bring American troops home from Afghanistan…

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Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Afghan Army soldiers patrol at a check point near the Shirzad district, in Hogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 09 February 2020. At least two American soldiers were killed and…

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Remains of 2 US troops recovered from Afghanistan crash site

U.S. forces recovered the remains of two American service members killed in the crash of an Air Force plane in Afghanistan, the U.S. military command in Kabul said. They also…

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Mysterious passenger plane crash in Afghanistan

Reports are coming in that a passenger plane belonging to Ariana Airlines crashed and caught fire in eastern Afghan Ghazni province. Local officials initially said it was a passenger…

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Photo Story: Life in Kabul

An Afghan balloon vendor looks for customers on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 January 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/HEDAYATULLAH AMID

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Extreme cold weather kills 70 more people in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Severe winter weather has claimed more lives as avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall killed 55 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 15 died in neighboring Afghanistan, officials said. The latest deaths…

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Photo Story: Winter in Afghanistan

Afghan children selling tea and groceries warm up themselves with a blanket as they wait for the customers on a hilltop after a heavy snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06 January…

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Gunmen kill head of Japan aid agency in Afghanistan

Gunmen killed six people, including the head of a Japanese aid agency, on Wednesday in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The ambush comes…

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Trump makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America’s longest war.…

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At least eight children killed in Afghanistan by roadside bomb near their school

At least eight children have been killed by a roadside bomb near their school in Afghanistan. The victims of Saturday's attack in Takhar province were all aged between nine and…

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Presidential elections in Afghanistan

Voters line up at a polling station to cast their ballot during the presidential elections, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The Afghan presidential elections will take place nationwide on 28 September amidst…

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U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers in Afghanistan

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an ISIS hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s work in the fields. The attack on Wednesday night…

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Deadly Taliban attack ‘destroys’ hospital

At least 15 people have died after a truck packed with explosives was detonated by Taliban militants outside a hospital in southern Afghanistan. Many of the victims in the attack…

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Trump cancels peace deal with Taliban

US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leaders…

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Suicide attack targets checkpoint in downtown Kabul

Afghan security forces inspect the scene after a suicide attack targeted a checkpoint in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, 05 September 2019. According to reports, at least three people were killed, and…

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Fighting in Afghanistan escalates as US and Taliban ‘close to deal’

The US is "at the threshold of an agreement" with the Taliban, the US envoy in Afghanistan has said. But the militant Islamist group has stepped up assaults on cities…

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Photo Story: Explosions mars Afghanistan independence celebrations

An Afghan soldier marks the Independence Day in Helmand, Afghanistan, 19 August 2019. On Monday Afghanistan is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its independence from British rule on 19 August.…

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Several killed, over 30 injured in Kabul explosion

Several people were killed, and more than 30 others wounded after a massive car bomb explosion ripped through a busy neighbourhood at the western side of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul.…

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Photo Story: Fatal suicide bombing and gunfight in Kabul

Security personnel are seen among damaged buildings a day after a suicide attack followed by a gunfight against the office of Afghan former chief of intelligence and current candidate for…

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Photo Story: Three blasts kill at least seven people in Kabul

Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 July 2019. A series of three back-to-back bombs in the Afghan capital Kabul on 25 July…

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Photo Story: Suicide bomb blast killed 12 people in Kandahar

Afghan security officials rush to the scene as smoke rises at the scene of a car bomb blast that targeted the Police headquarters, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 12…

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Massive explosion near American Embassy in Kabul

A powerful explosion has rocked Kabul in Afghanistan in the capital's downtown area near the ministry of defence and the American Embassy, sending dozens of people to the hospital. The…

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Bin Laden’s son stripped of Saudi’s citizenship after US issued a $1million reward for his capture – Updated

The Independent reports that Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been stripped of citizenship by Saudi Arabia. The country's interior ministry announced the move in a…

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Taliban, Afghan security forces hug during EID ceasefire

CNN: Rare scenes have been reported in Afghanistan of Taliban fighters and government security forces shaking hands and embracing during an unprecedented ceasefire to mark Eid. The Afghan Taliban called last week for…

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Car bomb in Kabul leaves at least 26 dead

Times of India: KABUL - A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday,…

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Several death in suicide bombing in Kabul. ISIS claims responsibility, provides no evidence

Several people have been killed in a suicide attack targeting Muslim scholars who had gathered in a tent near the Polytechnic University in Afghanistan's Kabul, officials said. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish…

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UN report claims that Afghan government helicopters killed and wounded at least 107 boys and men

A new UN report on the 2 April 2018 airstrikes in the Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province, UNAMA presents its findings, including verification of 107 casualties (36 killed and…

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14 dead and 30 injured in Afghan Mosque explosion

At least 14 people have been killed, and 30 were injured in an explosion at a mosque in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. The blast happened as people gathered…

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10 journalists killed in suicide bombings in Kabul

Shah Maria, well-known photo-journalist who had depicted and written about the dangers of reporting in the Afghan capital of Kabul, was among 31 people, including 10 journalists, who were killed…

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ISIS claims responsibility for bombing in Afghanistan

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on ID cards queue that killed at least 57 people. The attacker detonated his explosives as the Afghan authorities distributed national…

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