16 killed in Afghan terror attack
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 2 (IANS) Armed men opened indiscriminate fire and killed 16 civilians Sunday in northern Afghanistan to avenge a Taliban attack, Xinhua reports.The attack took place in Kanam ... Read more...
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Former fighter pilot named Canadian military chief
August 28th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that Lieutenant-General Thomas Lawson has been appointed Canada's new chief of the defence staff, the country's top military post.Lawson, who ... Read more...
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Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan kill 44
March 7th, 2012 - 4:48 am ICT by BNO News
FAYZABAD, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 people have been killed and others are missing after heavy snowfall caused two avalanches in a remote region in northeastern Afghanistan on late Monday, ... Read more...
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Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan
March 4th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 4 (IANS) A Taliban leader was killed by the security forces in northern Afghanistan Sunday, police said.Seyd Gul was killed in Kunduz province in a joint operation ... Read more...
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French troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014
January 1st, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) French armed forces will stay in Afghanistan even after the withdrawal of coalition troops in 2014, the country's defence minister said Sunday.Gerard Longuet made the ... Read more...
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Afghanistan, China sign ink oil pact
December 28th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) Afghanistan and China Wednesday signed an agreement on oil production here.The Afghan government and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) inked the agreement here after the China's ... Read more...
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Afghan MP among 20 killed in attack on funeral
December 26th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by BNO News
TALOQAN, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least 20 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber targeted a funeral in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. A member of parliament was ... Read more...
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US condemns Afghan bombings
December 7th, 2011 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) The US strongly condemned the two suicide bombings in Afghanistan Tuesday that left at least 59 people dead and 154 others injured.An attack by a suicide ... Read more...
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UN chief ’saddened’ by Afghan attacks
December 7th, 2011 - 3:39 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Dec 7 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his sadness about two attacks that killed at least 59 people in Afghanistan Tuesday, his spokesman said."The secretary-general is ... Read more...
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Rabbani: A key figure in Afghanistan (Obituary)
September 20th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) An ethnic Tajik, Bruhanuddin Rabbani, who was assassinated Tuesday, was a former Mujahideen leader and played a key role to end the Soviet occupation ... Read more...
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Five die in Afghanistan blast
September 11th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 11 (IANS) Five civilians were killed when their car ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, police said Sunday.
The car went ... Read more...
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16 killed in attack on Afghan governor’s office
August 14th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed when about six suicide bombers attacked a provincial governor's office in northern Afghanistan Sunday, Xinhua reported.The incident took place at ... Read more...
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Three die in Afghan bombing
June 19th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 19 (IANS) Three people were killed and 11 others injured Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a military convoy in northern Afghanistan, Xinhua reported.An explosives-laden ... Read more...
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Afghan provincial governor succumbs to suicide blast injuries
May 29th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 29 (IANS) Governor of northern Afghanistan's Takhar province died of injuries suffered in a suicide bomb attack on his office Saturday."Abdul Jabbar Taqwa succumbed to injuries this ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Afghan suicide blast (Lead)
May 28th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) At least seven people, including two top police officers and three German soldiers, were killed and nine others, including a provincial governor, were injured ... Read more...
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Afghan province governor injured in suicide blast
May 28th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) The governor of a northern Afghanistan province was injured Saturday in a suicide bomb attack at his house in the provincial capital, Xinhua reported.Abdul Jabbar Taqwa, ... Read more...
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21 killed in Afghan road accident
May 14th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 14 (IANS) At least 21 people, including 15 children, were killed in a road accident Saturday in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said.The accident took place in Balkh ... Read more...
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Ethnic militias fuelling tensions in North Afghanistan
April 21st, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan), Apr.21 (ANI): Ethnic-based militia groups are reportedly expanding their influence in northern Afghanistan.According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, Tajik and Uzbek militias are aggravating tensions with ... Read more...
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Pakistan to sign extradition treaty with Uzbekistan
March 25th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad/Tashkent, Mar 25(ANI): Pakistan is reportedly going to sign an extradition treaty with Uzbekistan as it faces security threats from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, whose militants are most ... Read more...
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FBI utilising private spy network’s skills to investigate Afghan aid workers’ deaths
March 1st, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly taking the help of a private spy network operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan to investigate the killing of 10 ... Read more...
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Haqqani network growing in Pakistan despite drone strikes
February 14th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) The Haqqani terror network is flourishing in Pakistan despite a surge in US drone strikes and there are "no signs of it getting weak", an official said.The ... Read more...
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Afghan mums feed infants opium
January 25th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): In a far-flung part of northern Afghanistan, there's a town where kids are fed pure opium.Aziza feeds her four-year-old son, Omaidullah, a lump of pure opium as his ... Read more...
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Roadside bomb kills nine taxi passengers in northern Afghanistan
January 17th, 2011 - 3:12 am ICT by BNO News
AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A roadside bomb killed nine people traveling in a taxi in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, police and coalition forces said.The attack happened around 1 p.m. local time in ... Read more...
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Seven Bangladeshis abducted in Afghanistan
December 19th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 19 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped seven Bangladeshi construction workers in a northern Afghanistan province, an official said Sunday."Eight people, including seven Bangladesh nationals and an Afghan guard, were ... Read more...
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UK-based Taliban spend months fighting Nato forces in Afghanistan
November 25th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.25 (ANI): British-based men of Afghan origin are spending months in Afghanistan fighting NATO forces before returning to the UK.According to a report in the Guardian, they also send money ... Read more...
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Britain-based Taliban fight in Afghanistan, then return home
November 25th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 25 (IANS) Some Afghan-origin men, who are based in Britain, head to Afghanistan to battle the NATO forces before returning home, a media report said Thursday.A Taliban guerrilla in ... Read more...
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Afghan peace talks will fail without Pak’s support, threaten security officials
October 25th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 25 (ANI): Frustrated over Pakistan not having been included in the ongoing Afghan reconciliation talks with the Taliban to end the war now in its tenth year, Pakistani security ... Read more...
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Northern Afghan warlords rearming to stave off possible Taliban resurgence
October 24th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 24 (ANI): Warlords in Northern Afghanistan are reportedly rearming, fearing and dreading the prospect of a possible Taliban return to power after almost a decade.According to the Telegraph, leaders ... Read more...
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Taliban power growing in northern Afghanistan
October 19th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 19 (ANI): The Taliban's influence in northern Afghanistan has expanded in recent months in response to NATO's surge in the south.According to the Wall Street Journal, the Taliban ... Read more...
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Large cargo plane carrying nine crashes in the mountains near Kabul
October 13th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A large cargo plane carrying nine people crashed in the mountains near Kabul on early Tuesday evening, officials said. A search-and-rescue operation is underway.The L-100 Hercules aircraft, which ... Read more...
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Taliban leader involved in NYT journalist Farrell’s kidnapping among insurgents arrested in Afghanistan
October 5th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A Taliban district leader who was directly involved in the kidnapping of British New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was among numerous insurgents arrested in operations across Afghanistan, ... Read more...
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Karzai move to talk with Taleban could lead to civil war: Ex-Afghan spy chief
September 30th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.30 (ANI): Afghanistan former spymaster has warned that the country risks fracturing along bloody ethnic lines if President Hamid Karzai continues misguided efforts to reach out to the Taleban.In an exclusive ... Read more...
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No damage expected after moderate earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
September 18th, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region in northern Afghanistan on late Friday evening, seismologists said, but no damage was expected. Shaking was also felt ... Read more...
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No damage expected after moderate earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
September 18th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region in northern Afghanistan on late Friday evening, seismologists said, but no damage was expected. Shaking was also felt ... Read more...
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Strong but deep earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, felt in Pakistan
September 18th, 2010 - 2:55 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region of Afghanistan on late Friday evening, seismologists said.The 6.3-magnitude earthquake at 11.51 p.m. local time (1921 GMT) was ... Read more...
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