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38 local uprising members killed, injured in Zare clash

KABUL in the Zaree district of northern Balkh province, a well-placed source said on Friday. Local residents claimed the Taliban launched fighting on Thursday and continued till Friday morning. Tribal Leader Haji Rahim said the Taliban first started the…

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8 highway police personnel killed in Balkh assault

At least eight security personnel have been killed on the Mazar-i-Sharif-Shiberghan highway as a result of a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday. Police chief Ajmal Fayez told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants…

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30 soldiers suffer casualties in Balkh attack

At least 30 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have suffered casualties as a result of a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants struck an…

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7 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on military base

At least seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said the incident took place in Dawlatabad…

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5 police killed, 6 wounded in Balkh firefight

Five policemen have been killed and six others wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Adel Shah Adel told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in the…

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Airport intelligence chief killed in Taliban ambush

The intelligence director of Balkh airport has been killed in a Taliban ambush, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Adel Shah Adel told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants killed Ahmad Khalid on the Samangan-Baghlan highway late on…

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Balkh: Commander among 6 police killed in Taliban attack

At least six police personnel, including a commander, have been killed in a Taliban attack on their check-post in northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Adil Shah Adil told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants…

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More than 10 policemen suffered casualties in Balkh attack

More than a dozen policemen have been suffered casualties in Chamtal district of northern Balkh province, source said on Sunday. Aminullah, a resident of the area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the militants stormed and captured a security…

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Balkh director of justice survives gun attack

A top judicial official survived a gun attack but two of his bodyguards were injured in northern Balkh province on Wednesday. Two armed motorcyclists attacked Balkh Justice Director Syed Mohammad Jafar Misbah in limits of the 9th police…

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9 ALP personnel killed in attack on Balkh post

Nine Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel, including a commander, have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants attacked ALP…

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1 inmate killed, 7 abducted in Balkh attack on police convoy

Two people including a prisoner were killed and seven others inmates have been abducted after unidentified gunmen attacked police convoy in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Friday. Police Spokesman Sher Jan Durrani…

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Senators ask govt to go beyond mourning

KABUL. Today (Sunday) was declared as a national day of mourning following a Taliban attack on the Afghan National Army’s 209 Shaheen Military Corps in Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday. The troops were busy offering Friday’s prayer and some were dining when…

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OIC strongly condemn attack on Afghan army base in Balkh

KABUL on Friday in which more than 200 people were killed and many injured, a statement from organisation said on Sunday. OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen described the attack as heinous and barbaric stated that the fight against…

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Assault on ANA base in Balkh to be avenged: Atmar

National Security Advisor (NSA) Mohammad Hanif Atmar has vowed to revenge for the attack on the Shaheen Military Corps in northern Balkh province, his office said on Sunday. As many as 135 soldiers were killed and 60 others…

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UNAMA, NATO condemn attack on civilians in Mazar-e-Sharif

KABUL (UNAMA) and Resolute Support (RS) mission condemned last night’s attack against civilian residents of the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Shortly before midnight on 10 November, a vehicle laden with heavy explosives detonated in the vicinity of the German Consulate in Mazar,…

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German diplomats survive last night suicide attack: officials

German diplomats escaped unhurt in the overnight suicide car-bombing that targeted their consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, officials said on Friday. Four people have been killed and over hundred wounded in a powerful suicide car-bombing…