33 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
August 26th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 26 (IANS) Thirty-three 33 Taliban insurgents have been killed by police, army and the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan since Saturday, the interior ministry said Sunday.Up to six ... Read more...
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Afghan education official shot dead
July 8th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 8 (IANS) An Afghan education official abducted 10 days ago was Sunday found shot dead in the western province of Badghis, Xinhua reported.Mohammad Mehdi was kidnapped along ... Read more...
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Afghan lawmakers ask Russia for help ahead of US exit
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Afghan lawmakers has urged Russia and other countries to step up efforts to maintain stability and tackle drug production in the ... Read more...
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37 militants killed in Afghanistan
October 2nd, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 2 (IANS) Thirty-seven militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in different parts of Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Sunday.Twenty-two others were captured in the operations in the ... Read more...
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18 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
August 13th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 18 Taliban militants were killed and 31 detained in a day-long operation in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said Saturday.The Afghan National Police, in ... Read more...
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Afghan Taliban urged to renounce violence
June 30th, 2011 - 4:26 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Religious scholars from across Afghanistan have urged the Taliban to stop violence and join the peace process during a meeting to discuss their role ... Read more...
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US escalating airdrops to troops in Afghanistan
April 22nd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Waza Khwa (Afghanistan), Apr. 22 (ANI): The U.S. military, using Google Earth and disposable parachutes, is escalating its airdrops to troops in isolated outposts, to avoid exposing ground convoys to ambushes ... Read more...
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18 killed in militant attack in Pakistan
July 17th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Peshawar (Pakistan), July 17 (DPA) Eighteen Shiite Muslims were killed and four injured Saturday when Sunni militants opened fire on a vehicle convoy escorted by security forces in Pakistan's restive tribal ... Read more...
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15 insurgents killed by their own bombs in Afghan mosque
June 27th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 27 (DPA) Eight Arab, five Pakistani and two Afghan militants were killed when bombs they were making exploded prematurely inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said ... Read more...
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Four killed in blasts in Afghanistan
May 30th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 30 (DPA) Four civilians were killed in separate blasts in Afghanistan as Taliban militants torched six fuel tankers destined for NATO forces in the southern region, officials said Sunday.
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Five Afghan troops killed in suicide bombing
March 10th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 10 (DPA) A suicide bomber killed at least five Afghan troops in an attack on military convoy in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, officials said.
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3 militants killed as Taliban storm Afghan police unit
December 21st, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 21 (DPA) Afghan security forces killed three militants Monday after a group of Taliban fighters attacked a police station in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Three US soldiers, 25 militants killed in Afghanistan
October 17th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 17 (DPA) Three US soldiers were killed in bomb blasts, while Afghan and NATO forces killed 25 militants in Afghanistan's volatile southern and eastern regions, officials said Saturday.
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27 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan (Lead)
October 8th, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 8 (DPA) Afghan and NATO-led forces killed at least 27 Taliban militants in separate clashes in the south of the country without loss, the Afghan defence ministry said Thursday ... Read more...
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US soldier, 12 Taliban killed in battle in Afghan clinic (Lead)
August 27th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 27 (DPA) One US soldier and 12 Taliban militants were killed in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan after Afghan and US forces attacked a clinic where a wounded Taliban ... Read more...
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Taliban may have moved kidnapped US soldier to Pakistan
July 22nd, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 22 (ANI): The US soldier abducted by the Taliban in Afghanistan might have been moved into Pakistan, thus complicating matters for American search teams.ABC News quoted US and Afghan ... Read more...
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Haqqani network is Afghanistan and US’s most deadliest foe: CSM
June 2nd, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Gardez (Afghanistan), June 2 (ANI): Many officials in Afghanistan consider the shadowy Haqqani network as the biggest threat to the American presence in the country."The Haqqani network has proven itself ... Read more...
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More than 10 militants killed in Afghanistan
August 27th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Afghan troops backed by the US-led coalition forces have killed more than 20 militants in southern Afghan province of Helmand, a coalition statement said here Wednesday. A combined ... Read more...
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Two NATO soldiers, six militants killed in Afghanistan
August 12th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, Aug 12 (DPA) A Canadian and a Latvian soldier serving in NATO forces were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan while the Afghan defence ministry said Tuesday that its soldiers killed ... Read more...
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Is NATO readying to strike northwest Pakistan?
July 16th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) After deploying troops across the Kurram Agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has sent soldiers to the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), raising fears ... Read more...
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22 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
June 25th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kabul, June 25 (Xinhua) At least 22 insurgents have been killed and 12 detained in overnight operations carried out by the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika and southern ... Read more...
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US Coalition forces in Afghanistan launch shell salvo against militants in Pak territory
June 23rd, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul , June 23 (ANI): The US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan reportedly launched two separate attacks in Pakistan on Sunday, claiming that they were in retaliation against rocket and artillery-attacks launched ... Read more...
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Taliban abducts six Afghan police officers
June 3rd, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Kabul, June 3 (DPA) Taliban militants attacked a police post in western Afghanistan, killing a policeman and taking six others hostage, while several Taliban militants were killed in separate clashes elsewhere in ... Read more...
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