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Bombers among 7 assailants killed in Kabul attacks

The attack on the 13th district police station of Kabul came to an end after two assailants were gunned down while two of five fighters who assaulted the 10th district police station were still resisting from a building.…

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7 people killed, 17 injured in Kabul terrorist attacks: MoPH

KABUL (MoPH) said. Dr. Wahid Majroh, spokesman for the MoPH, said four people were killed and nine others injured in militants attack in PD#13 while 3 person was killed and eight others injured in PD#10th attack. Two suicide attackers…

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6 soldiers killed in attack on voter registration centre

Six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and six others wounded as a result of an attack on a voter registration centre in northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday. Abdul Aziz Baik, a member…

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11 civilians dead, 8 Romanian soldiers hurt in Kandahar blast

Nearly a dozen civilians were killed and eight NATO troops wounded in a suicide attack on foreign forces’ convoy in southern Kandahar province on Monday. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took…

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3 killed, 30 injured in N Waziristan wedding attack

KABUL, reports said on Friday. The attack took place last night in Saidgai village of Ghulam Khan area near the border with Afghanistan and children, The injured have been shifted to hospitals in Miranshah and Bannu towns. ma

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1 rebel killed in attack on Ghor voter registration centre

Two Taliban province, on Thursday, an official said. Police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal Niami said the Taliban attacked a voter registration center this afternoon in Kasi village. One assailant was killed and another injured during the attack by security…

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Taliban kill 2 uprising commanders in Faryab raid

Taliban militants attacked an uprising forces post in the Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province last night, killing two commanders and taking away three others alive, a public representative said on Friday. Faryab provincial council head Mohammad Tahir…

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4 members of a family killed in Nangarhar

Local officials on Tuesday said four members of a family were killed and four others wounded by unidentified armed men in Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province. Governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a number…

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Farah: 7 security personnel dead in Taliban attack

At least seven security personnel have been killed and seven others wounded in a Taliban attack in the capital of western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. Jamila Amini, a provincial council member, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Farah attack: 5 policemen killed, 2 injured

Five Policemen have been killed and two others injured in militants attack on a check-post in Farah City, the capital of western Farah, province, an official said on Tuesday. Dadullah Qani, the Provincial Council member and resident…

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6 security personnel killed, 8 injured in Helmand attack

Six security personnel have been killed and eight others wounded in the Taliban attack on a check-post in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, a reliable source said on Saturday. The Taliban stormed security check-post in the…

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5 guards of a political party killed in Faryab attack

Local officials on Saturday said five guards of a political party have been killed and four others wounded in a Taliban attack in Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Mohammad Naim Andarabi,…

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District prosecutor killed in Farah

The prosecutor for Pushto Koh district of western Farah province has been killed by unidentified armed motorcyclists who were also killed in police’s retaliatory firing, officials said Saturday. Farah deputy police chief, Gen. Abdur Razaq Shirzad, told…

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Kabul attack causes millions of afghanis in damage

KABUL. The attack carried out through an ambulance left at least 103 people dead and 235 others wounded in capital Kabul. The attacker had been able to cross one security check post, but was identified at the second post near…

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Kabul attack causes millions of afghanis in damage

KABUL. The attack carried out through an ambulance left at least 103 people dead and 235 others wounded in capital Kabul. The attacker had been able to cross one security check post, but was identified at the second post near…

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Kabul ‘massacre’ draws worldwide condemnation

KABUL’s powers and Afghan leaders started pouring in. The US, India, the United Kingdom (UK), SAUDI, UAE, IRAN, Pakistan strongly condemned the suicide bombing involving an ambulance full of explosives, killing 95 and injuring 160 others. The Taliban in one…

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18 people mysteriously killed in Balkh checkpoint

Eighteen people, mostly uprising members and local police, have been killed mysteriously in the Sholgar district of northern Balkh province, sources said on Sunday. The Sholgar district chief Saraj Abid said ALP personnel, uprising members and local residents…

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Kabul Intercontinental Hotel under attack

Afghan security forces have been engaged in firefight with gunmen who stormed Kabul's landmark Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday evening, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday. MoI Spokesman Najibullah Danish has just told reporters at the site…

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5 police killed in Kandahar laser-gun attack

Using laser weapons, Taliban militants killed five police personnel and injured a sixth in Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province last night, an official said on Tuesday. The security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told…

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UN Security Council condemns Kabul suicide attack

The United Nations Security Council has denounced the latest terrorist attack in Kabul as heinous and cowardly. At least 15 people were killed and 27 policemen wounded in the bombing in the ninth police district near the Shinozada…

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NDS foils suicide attack in Ghor

KABUL) said on Saturday. A statement from NDS received by Pajhwok Afghan News, said the would-be suicide bomber named Asadullah aka Sadaqat Maihan, was trained for suicide bombing across the Durand Line. The detainee confessed he was involved in several…

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ALP members storm Badakhshan governor’s house, 6 injured

A large number of Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces stormed the governor’s house of northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday, leaving six people including three national policemen injured and governor’s office destroyed, officials said. Around a hundred of ALP…

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4 attackers killed in 20-hour Helmand clash

Four Taliban attackers were killed 20 hours after they attacked a money exchange market in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. The coordinated attack began at around 7:00am on Friday morning in the district…

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Ghani denounces Daesh attack on Iraqi Embassy

President Ashraf Ghani on Monday condemned a Daesh-claimed group attack on the Iraqi Embassy in capital Kabul, saying the attack was against accepted international principles and norms. The president was quoted in a statement from the Presidential Palace…

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