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  Hamid Karzai's cousin killed in suicide attack

  World | July 29, 2014 13:58 IST

  Kandahar: A suicide attacker killed a cousin of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai near the volatile southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, raising tensions during a struggle over the contested election result.Hashmat Karzai

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  Salman Khurshid in Kandahar, backs Karzai amid Afghan stand-off with US

  World | February 15, 2014 18:54 IST

  Kandahar: Amid a stand-off between the US and the embattled Afghan President, India on Saturday saluted Hamid Karzai's "extraordinary and brave" leadership in nurturing democracy and peace in the war-torn country.External affairs minister Salman Khurshid,

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  Kandahar hijack suspect Mehrajuddin Wani turns out to be IB source in Nepal : report

  India | September 15, 2012 8:25 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 15 : The arrest of pashmina dealer  Mehrajuddin Wani alias Mehrajuddin Dand from Kishtwar  by the Jammu and Kashmir police has left the Intelligence Bureau red-faced as it has now been revealed

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  NATO says 3 service members killed

  World | July 02, 2012 11:33 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan,Jul 2:A man in an Afghan police uniform on Sunday shot and killed three foreign troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said in a statement.It did not any other details, including the nationalities

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  Nine People Killed In IED Attack In Kandahar

  World | March 25, 2012 15:11 IST

  Kabul, Mar 25: Seven Afghan policemen and a NATO soldier were among nine people killed when Taliban militants targeted them with an IED device in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.  Eight Afghans

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  Nearly 500 Taliban Flee In Daring Afghan Jailbreak

  World | April 25, 2011 21:27 IST

  Kandahar, Apr 25: Almost 500 Taliban fighters and commanders escaped from a prison in an audacious jailbreak in southern Afghanistan which the government admitted today was a security “disaster”.The Taliban said it sprung the inmates

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  After Deadly Attacks, Kandahar Cleans Up

  World | October 18, 2010 11:44 IST

  Kandahar:  Residents of Afghanistan's main southern city of Kandahar began clearing up on Sunday morning after a series of blasts killed at least two civilians and wounded several others on Saturday.NATO and Afghan troops were