Subdivisions of Afghanistan

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70 Villagers Kidnapped In Afghanistan, At Least 7 Killed

Seventy Afghans were abducted Friday from their village along the main highway in the south of the country, and at...

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MSF Reopens Kunduz Facility After Deadly US Hospital Bombing

Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where...

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Afghan Forces Retake District In Helmand From Taliban

Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in...

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Afghan Road Accident Kills 15 Family Members

At least 15 members of a single family were killed when a pickup truck veered off the road and plunged into a river in...

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Taliban Attack On Afghan Base Kills At Least 15 Soldiers

At least 15 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban fighters attacked their army base in the southern province of...

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Militant Attack On Afghan Army Base Kills 10 Soldiers

At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar,...

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Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Afghan Civilians

At least 11 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the restive southern Afghan...

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Number of IS Fighters Killed By US Bomb Jumps To 90

The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least...

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Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District

Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for...

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Eleven Afghan Police Killed In Insider Attack

An Afghan policeman linked to the Taliban shot dead 11 of his colleagues at a checkpoint in the southern province of...

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Air Strike Kills Key Afghan Taliban Commander

An air strike has killed an Afghan Taliban commander who twice oversaw the capture of a strategic northern city,...

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UN Voices Concern Over Afghan Civilian Deaths In Helmand

The UN voiced "grave concern" Sunday over the killing of at least 25 civilians in the escalating conflict in the...

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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Six In Afghanistan’s Helmand

At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who...