Taliban Attack
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7 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack in Kandahar
World | Jul 22, 2020, 04:55 PM ISTAt least seven Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Kandahar, police chief Tadin Khan confirmed on Wednesday.
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20 including 6 Afghan National Police officers killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
World | Mar 04, 2020, 02:22 PM ISTAt least 6 Afghan National Police officers killed in a Taliban attack in Trinkot in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Meanwhile, 8 officers are wounded in the attack.
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13 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack
World | Jan 29, 2020, 01:51 PM ISTAt least 13 soldiers were killed in an overnight Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, officials said on Wednesday.
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At least 11 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack
World | Oct 01, 2019, 03:52 PM ISTThe attack on the Shortepa district headquarters in northern Balkh province started early in the morning, according to Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor.
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15 Taliban terrorists killed in military airstrike in Afghanistan
World | Aug 10, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTAt least 15 militants were killed and 10 others wounded after a military aircraft targeted a gathering of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Takhar province on Saturday, officials said.
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Afghanistan: Five security forces killed in Taliban attack in Kandahar province
World | Jan 12, 2019, 06:10 PM ISTAziz Ahmad Azizi, provincial governor's spokesman, says two other police were wounded in Saturday's attack in Spin Bolduk district.
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Afghanistan: 10 killed, 19 injured in Taliban orchestrated attack at UK security firm's Kabul compound
World | Nov 29, 2018, 11:54 AM ISTThe interior ministry and police both said the blast had been a car bomb targeting a compound which houses G4S, a private British security company, in east Kabul, reported TOLO News.
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Afghanistan: Taliban attack rocks western Farah province, at least 30 policemen killed
World | Nov 15, 2018, 02:21 PM ISTThe Taliban have in recent months been staging near-daily attacks across Afghanistan, inflicting heavy casualties on Afghan forces.
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Afghanistan: Seven soldiers, six policemen killed in Taliban attack in Khogyani district
India | Nov 05, 2018, 02:47 PM ISTArif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor said that ix insurgents were killed and more than 10 others were wounded during a three-hour battle with Afghan forces.
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Afghanistan: Two civilians killed, five troops injured as Taliban target NATO convoy near Kabul
World | Oct 18, 2018, 04:39 PM ISTThe attack, which took place on Wednesday in the district of Bagram in Parwan province, also wounded three Afghan civilians, said Wahida Shakar, spokeswoman for the provincial governor.
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Afghanistan: Six Taliban militants killed in clash in southern Kandahar province
World | Sep 03, 2018, 01:35 PM ISTSix Taliban militants died and four were injured in the clash at security checkpoints in Mandozai area of Khakriz district on Sunday.
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30 Afghan soldiers killed as Taliban strikes two army checkpoints
World | Jun 20, 2018, 05:28 PM ISTThe Taliban moved in large numbers, striking the army positions from different directions.
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Kabul hotel attack: Afghan forces end Taliban siege, death toll reaches 18
World | Jan 22, 2018, 08:11 AM ISTSecurity forces said Sunday they had killed the last of six Taliban militants to end an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that left at least 18 people dead, including 14 foreigners.
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Afghan defence minister, army chief resign after Taliban attack
World | Apr 24, 2017, 02:02 PM ISTAfghan Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and the army chief, General Qadam Shah Shahim, resigned on Monday in the wake of an attack at an army base in Balkh that left over 140 soldiers dead.
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Over 50 killed as Taliban target Afghan Army camp in Mazar-e-Sharif
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9 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan Army Corps
World | Apr 21, 2017, 10:43 PM ISTAt least eight military personnel and one attacker were killed when Taliban militants attacked an Afghan Army Corps in the northern province ofBalkh on Friday, the Defence Ministry said.
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Taliban attack Afghan police convoy, killing 6 officers
World | Apr 04, 2016, 10:46 PM ISTKabul, Afghanistan: At least six police officers have been killed in a Taliban ambush on their convoy in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday. Abdul Manon Raoufi, operational commander for police in
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Kabul blasts kill 35, test Afghan president's peace plan
World | Aug 08, 2015, 06:40 AM ISTKabul: Two massive attacks in Kabul on Friday, one near a government and military complex in a residential area and the other a suicide bombing outside a police academy, killed at least 35 people, sending
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Taliban kill 20 police officers in attack: Afghan official
World | Jun 13, 2015, 01:25 PM ISTKandahar: An Afghan official says at least 20 police officers have been killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country's volatile southern Helmand province.Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province's joint coordination of police
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Pak hangs 4 convicts; delays controversial execution of youth
World | Mar 19, 2015, 12:05 PM ISTIslamabad:Pakistan today hanged four deathrow prisoners, including two brothers, while postponed theexecution of a man whose family alleged he was 14 at the timeof crime and his confession was extracted through torture.Three prisoners were executed