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9 security personnel killed in Kunduz clash

Seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and two Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed during a clash in Dashti Archi district of northeastern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. A security official, who wished…

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2 power sub-stations put into service in Kunduz

Two electricity sub-stations have been put into service in northern Kunduz province at a cost of $ 32 million, the governor said on Monday. Governor Abdul Jabar Naemi told in a gathering here that the first project…

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Kunduz: 24 ALP personnel killed in Taliban assault

Twenty-four Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed in a Taliban attack in the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province, officials said on Saturday. Aminullah Adeen, a member of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…

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2 pro-govt militia leaders killed in Kunduz, Faryab

Two pro-government militia commanders have been killed in northern Faryab and Kunduz provinces, local officials said on Friday. The slain individuals included Afghan Local Police commander Azizullah Nasiri, who was killed in the morning in Surchar Khab area…

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2 pro-govt militia leaders killed in Kunduz, Faryab

Two pro-government militia commanders have been killed in northern Faryab and Kunduz provinces, local officials said on Friday. The slain individuals included Afghan Local Police commander Azizullah Nasiri, who was killed in the morning in Surchar Khab area…

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President apologizes to families of Kunduz airstrike victims

President Ashraf Ghani has apologized for civilian casualties in an Afghan forces airstrike in Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province. About two months back, Afghan Air Forces bombed a seminary in the district that left dozens of civilians…

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Dozens of inmates released from Kunduz jail

Sixty-three prisoners, including four women, were released from a prison in northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, an official said. The provincial court of appeals chief, Mohammad Arif Mubashir, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the former inmates were…

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Kunduz: 9 Afghan troops killed in Taliban assault

Nine Afghan National Army (ANA) troops have been killed in a Taliban attack in Dashti Archi district of northern Kunduz province, an official said Sunday. The Dashi Archi district police chief, Niaz Mohammmad Omarkhel, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Naeemi touts Kabul visit, says Kunduz security tightened

Kabul has taken and promised serious measures at improving security and executing a number of uplift plans worth 350 million afghanis in northern Kunduz province, the provincial governor said Thursday. Abdul Jabar Naeemi, who returned from a…

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Kunduz-Kabul, Ghazni-Paktia highways blocked

Protesters blocked the busy Kunduz-Kabul closed the Ghazni-Paktika road against traffic. The protestors blocked the key road in Seh Darak area of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz province, on Saturday afternoon, alleging some government officials had grabbed…

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Kunduz clashes displace hundreds of families

Hundreds of war-displaced families from the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province have fallen on bad times. Last Tuesday, Taliban insurgents attacked the Aqtapa area of the district. Several villages, including the district center, fell into the…

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2 policemen killed in Kunduz roadside bombing

Two policemen were killed and as many wounded on Friday when a roadside bomb tore through their vehicle in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, officials said. The blast took place in Khwaja Posta area on the…

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After a month closure, elders help reopen Kunduz schools

More than 400 schools which the Taliban closed about a month back have been reopened in northern Kunduz province, an official said Monday. The Taliban ordered hundreds of schools shut downed in many parts of the province…

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Stop massacring us, Kunduzis ask warring sides

Elders, youth, civil society activists and common people on Wednesday erected a peace tent in this capital city of northern Kunduz province, urging the warring sides to strike peace deal. Ghulam Haidar Haidar, one of the participants,…

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Stop massacring us, Kunduzis ask warring sides

Elders, youth, civil society activists and common people on Wednesday erected a peace tent in this capital city of northern Kunduz province, urging the warring sides to strike peace deal. Ghulam Haidar Haidar, one of the participants,…

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‘Wolesi Jirga probe team barred from visiting Kunduz’

Some lower house members on Wednesday claimed a parliamentary delegation was not allowed to Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province to probe last week’s airstrike. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) had claimed the April 4 airstrike killed 18…

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How bombardment on Dashti Archi seminary unfolded

Two aircraft shelled Darul Uloom Hashimia Omaria in Dashti Archi district of northern Kunduz province for 20 minutes on Monday, leaving more than ‘100’ people dead and wounded, mostly pupils, the seminary’s administrator has said. A number of…

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6 rebels killed, as many injured in Kuduz operation

Twelve militants have been killed and injured during Special Forces operation in the Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, a statement from the governor house said on Thursday. During the operation the Hodkhel, Joy-e-Khuna and Zard Kamar…

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Kunduz governor urges global charities to comeback

The governor on Wednesday asked international charity organizations to resume their operations in the insurgency-hit northern Kunduz province. Kunduz governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi expressed these views during a meeting with a NATO commander in the northeastern zone.…

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Ghani tasks commission with probing Kunduz airstrike

President Ashraf Ghani has tasked a commission with investigating alleged civilian casualties in an airstrike in northern Kunduz province, the Presidential Palace said on Tuesday. The airstrike by the Afghan Air Force hit a religious school in the…

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‘60 civilians massacred in raid on Kunduz seminary’

At least 60 civilians have been killed and many others wounded in Monday’s airstrike in Dasht-i-Archi district of Kunduz province, public representatives claimed on Tuesday. Kunduz provincial council member Maulvi Khosh Mohammad Nasratyar told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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Cop killed, 4 civilians wounded in Kunduz blast

A police official was killed and four civilians were in a blast caused by a magnetic bomb in the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province an Monday, an official said. Police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Hamid Hamidi…

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5 killed, 51 injured in Kunduz seminary blitz

Five people were killed and another 51, mostly children, were wounded on Monday when an airstrike by Afghan forces hit a religous school in Dashti Archi district of northern Kunduz province, local officials said. Fifteen Taliban insurgents…

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Taliban shut 300 Kunduz schools: Striking teachers

Hundreds of schoolteachers in northern Kunduz province on Saturday protested against what they claimed having not received their six months salaries. The striking teachers in Kunduz City, the provincial capital, also claimed the Taliban had closed around…

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