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Taliban overruns district close to Afghan capital
Updated : 13 hours, 47 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence, the Taliban overran a district in Wardak province in central Afghanistan near Kabul.
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2 civilians killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 16 hours, 26 min ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, local police confirmed.
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255 civilians killed in Afghanistan during Ramzan
Updated : 20 hours, 3 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): As many as 15 suicide attacks and dozens of other attacks have been carried out in the country by the Taliban since the start of Ramzan on April 13, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan said on Tuesday.
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China blames US troop withdrawal for surge of attacks in Afghanist
Updated : 22 hours, 19 min ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): China has blamed the abrupt withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan for a surge of attacks in the country, days after a series of explosions in Kabul killed over 60 people, mostly girl students.
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75 percent mining sites in Afghanistan under Taliban, strongmen's
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 11 (ANI): Around 75 per cent of total mining sites in Afghanistan are under the control of Taliban and local strongmen, leading to their dominance in the sector which has the potential to generate large government revenues in the country.
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US drawdown from Afghanistan puts CPEC projects at risk: Report
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): There is a looming sense of fear in Pakistan that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will increase instability in its neighbourhood, and add security threats in the region while putting China's Belt and Road projects at risk, Nikkei Asia reports.
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China blames 'abrupt' withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan for
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China has blamed the United States' "abrupt announcement of complete withdrawal of forces" for the succession of explosive attacks throughout Afghanistan, saying the step has worsened the security situation and has threatened peace and stability as well as peop
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Pakistani Taliban bomber captured in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence, Afghan Intelligence operative have arrested a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Afghans deserve much more than an Eid ceasefire, says US envoy Kha
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in violence in Afghanistan in recent weeks, US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday welcomed the announcements by the Taliban and the Afghan government to uphold ceasefire in the country during the festival of Eid.
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Pakistan should play sincere role in Afghan peace process, says Pr
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Gen. Sir Nick Carter, Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff and Head of the British Armed Forces in Kabul on Monday and discussed Pakistan's role in the peace process, and
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Pakistan suffers setback as trade with Afghanistan declines
Updated : 1 day, 22 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Pakistan's exports to Afghanistan have declined in the current fiscal year, which is depriving the former country of a major market for its products and dwindling trade with its neighbour.
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Afghan envoy to India expresses grief over demise of Consul Genera
Updated : 2 days, 6 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay on Monday expressed condolences over the death of Vinesh Kalra, Consul General of India in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.
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