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AFP, Published on 14/08/2021
» KABUL: The Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents’ relentless offensive flooded the Afghan capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations.
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani returned to the capital Wednesday after a flying visit to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif to rally his beleaguered forces, with Taliban fighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week.
AFP, Published on 11/08/2021
» KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday to rally his beleaguered forces, with Taliban fighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week.
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz, officials and residents said, after the insurgents captured two other provincial capitals in the last 48 hours.
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban seized the stronghold of a notorious Afghan warlord Saturday, officials said, the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in under 24 hours.
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan and Taliban forces clashed again on the outskirts of Herat on Saturday, a day after a police guard was killed when a United Nations compound in the western city came under attack.
AFP, Published on 18/05/2020
» KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal on Sunday, ending a bitter months-long feud that plunged the country into political crisis.
AFP, Published on 22/07/2018
» KABUL - Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum returned to Kabul to a hero's welcome on Sunday, more than a year after fleeing the country during a probe into the rape and torture of a political rival.
AFP, Published on 22/07/2018
» KABUL - Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday, more than a year after fleeing the country during an investigation into the rape and torture of a political rival.
Published on 21/10/2017
» KABUL: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque as Afghan officials on Saturday raised the number of casualties from the attack to at least 39 dead and at least 41 wounded.