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Turkish troops should leave Afghanistan along with others: Taliban
Jun 11, 2021 15:29The Taliban have called for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Afghanistan, effectively rejecting Ankara’s proposal to keep forces in Kabul to guard and run the international airport after all foreign forces leave the war-torn county.
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Six Afghan security forces killed in Taliban bomb attack in Baghlan
Jun 10, 2021 13:15At least six security forces have been killed and nearly a dozen more wounded in a Taliban car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan, sources say.
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Pakistan will not allow US to use its bases: Foreign minister
Jun 10, 2021 05:09Pakistan’s foreign minister says the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan will not give the US military access to any bases inside the country after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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Afghan mine-clearing workers killed in gun attack
Jun 09, 2021 13:17Another day of bloodshed in Afghanistan, with gunmen targeting workers at a mine-clearing compound in the country's north. Kabul is blaming the Taliban for the attack, but the group denies any involvement.
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Iran unhappy with water right from river shared with Afghanistan
Jun 09, 2021 04:27Iranian Energy Ministry officials have renewed their dissatisfaction over the share of water coming from the Helmand River in Afghanistan, saying the eastern neighbor should fully observe the terms of a 1973 river-sharing agreement between the two countries.
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Taliban kill 14 Afghan security forces, hold dozens captive, in raid on police HQ
Jun 06, 2021 12:47More than a dozen Afghan security forces have been killed and dozens of others held captive after the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in southwestern Afghanistan.
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Roadside bomb kills 11 people in Afghanistan’s Badghis: Officials
Jun 06, 2021 07:36A road bomb explosion has killed at least 11 people in Afghanistan’s northwestern Province of Badghis, local officials say.
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Afghan, Iranian political elites mark passing anniv. of Imam Khomeini
Jun 04, 2021 09:57A number of Iranian and Afghan political and religious figures have held a webinar to discuss various aspects of the thought of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini.
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Eight martyred as twin blasts hit buses in Kabul's Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhoods
Jun 04, 2021 04:54Two separate bomb blasts have ripped through minibuses near a Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul, martyring at least eight people and injuring nine others, police sources say.
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African Union suspends Mali over coup, says soldiers belong in barracks
Jun 02, 2021 12:52Mali's second military coup in nine months has elicited a chorus of condemnation, with the latest stern rebuke coming from the African Union, which has both suspended the country with immediate effect and threatened it with more sanctions.