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Afghan official says Western troops leaving prematurely
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US transfers Taliban commander to Pakistani custody
Latif Mehsud and two others detained by US forces in Logar, Afghanistan in 2013 have been handed over to the Pakistani authorities.
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US moves ahead with plan for extra troops in Afghanistan until allies finalize plans
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Afghanistan: where has all the aid money gone?
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Ambitious and impatient, Afghan leader eyes aid, peace, reform
US airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan target Pakistani Taliban
Mullah Fazlullah, the emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, was the target of one of the three recent strikes in Nangarhar province.
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NATO launches Afghan training mission Resolute Support
Taliban video shows training and planning for Camp Bastion attack
The video is very similar to previous footage that shows a different suicide assault on Camp Bastion in September 2012.
Taliban assault Camp Bastion, storm foreign guest house in Kabul
The Taliban and Afghan security forces have been fighting inside Camp Bastion for three days. Hostages may have been taken in the attack in Kabul.
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Russia claims Islamic State is supplying half of all Afghan heroin coming to Europe
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Afghanistan’s heavily guarded capital remains vulnerable
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US Adds Planes to Bolster Drive to Wipe Out ISIS
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Official: Afghan President Orders Military Review
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Afghan Women Are Excluded From Peace Overtures to Taliban, Report Says
Haqqani Network launched suicide attack at soccer game, Afghan intel claims
The accusation is made as the US has extended the combat mission in Afghanistan for one year.
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Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Night Raids
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In Kapisa province, an hour’s drive outside Kabul, Taliban reign
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In a Shift, Obama Extends US Role in Afghan Combat
AQIS announces death of 2 senior leaders in US operation
Adil Qudoos was a former major in the Pakistani Army; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, planner of the 9/11 attacks, was arrested at Qudoos’ home in 2003. The second jihadist leader, Dr. Sarbaland, served as a surgeon and senior propagandist for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
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Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
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Four Taliban fighters were killed by Afghan forces in a failed suicide assault in Kabul. Yesterday, three suicide bombers killed two security guards in an attack in the capital. The National Directorate of Security claims that Taliban emir Mullah Omar has died and has split into three groups.
Good Taliban are not our problem, adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister says
“Why should America’s enemies unnecessarily become our enemies,” the adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs to Pakistan’s prime minister said of Taliban factions like the Haqqani Network and the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group.
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Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
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Insurgents in Afghanistan’s Laghman province may win by not losing
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Well-known Afghan lawmaker and women’s rights activist survives car attack
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Long-troubled Afghan government undergoes overhaul
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Pakistan backs Afghan move to bring in Taliban
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In Shift, Pakistanis Fleeing War Flow Into Beleaguered Afghanistan
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Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after troop withdrawal
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Afghanistan Militants Attack Coalition Convoy