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Thousands displaced by fighting around Kunduz
KUNDUZ: About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in Kunduz after days of fighting between the Taliban and government…
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28 civilians killed in Afghan province as fighting intensifies
Intense fighting in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 28 civilians and injured 290 this week, according…
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Crucial medical supplies lost as Afghan hospital burns after militant attack
Suspected Taliban fighters fired a rocket into a hospital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a blaze that caused extensive damage…
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Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsens
Afghanistan’s government is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior…
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Five Afghan polio vaccinators shot dead in ‘coordinated attacks’
At least five polio workers were shot dead in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, in the area’s second attacks…
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Erdogan offers to help US stabilise Afghanistan
ISTANBUL: Just a day before his first face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has…
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Bomb attacks in Kabul leave seven dead
KABUL: Separate bombs hit two minivans in a mostly Shia neighbourhood in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least…
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Over 150 Afghan troops killed or injured in last 24 hours as violence mounts ahead of foreign troops’ withdrawal
Over 150 Afghan troops have been killed or injured in the last 24 hours in a surge of attacks by…
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Afghans working for Nato fear reprisal after withdrawal
LONDON: Like thousands of Afghan translators who served with Nato forces, Nazir Ahmad fears for his life as the US-led…
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12 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers
An explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 12 people during Friday…
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