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Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing
Sloppy blood collection and identification by Afghanistan’s army may have led to the deaths of wounded Afghan soldiers who received the wrong blood type, a U.S. watchdog said. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry rejected the report.
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Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp
The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday.
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Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers and killing at least 74 people.
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ISIS targets Iraq Embassy in Kabul; all 4 attackers killed
The Islamic State group targeted the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul on Monday, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up outside the gates, followed by three gunmen who stormed into the building. The assault set off a four-hour firefight that ended only after Afghan security forces said they had killed all the attackers.
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Official: Joint US-Afghan operation kills 2 top insurgents
A joint U.S. and Afghan military operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province killed two al-Qaida-linked leaders and led to the capture of a third, a government official said Thursday.
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Islamic State says it has taken Tora Bora, bin Laden’s Afghan hideout
The Islamic State group says it has captured Tora Bora, a mountain hideout in Afghanistan once used by Osama bin Laden, but the Taliban on Thursday dismissed the claim, saying they were still in control of the cave complex.
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Afghan official: ISIS moves to seize Osama bin Laden’s hideout
Islamic State fighters captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Wednesday.
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Afghans mourn, a day after massive truck bombing killed 90
Afghans mourned the loss of family members, friends and colleagues on Thursday, a day after a massive truck bomb exploded in the capital, killing at least 90 people and wounding more than 450 in one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from the country in 2014.
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Afghan air force pounds area after death of ISIS commander
Afghanistan’s air force has pounded Islamic State targets in an eastern province where an Afghan and U.S. military raid last month killed the militant group’s top commander, the government said on Monday.
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Afghan official: Taliban kill 8 police in northern province
The Taliban overran three security checkpoints in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, killing eight policemen and cutting off a key road and two of the region’s districts, an Afghan official said Tuesday.
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Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing
Sloppy blood collection and identification by Afghanistan’s army may have led to the deaths of wounded Afghan soldiers who received the wrong blood type, a U.S. watchdog said. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry rejected the report.
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Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp
The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday.
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Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers and killing at least 74 people.
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ISIS targets Iraq Embassy in Kabul; all 4 attackers killed
The Islamic State group targeted the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul on Monday, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up outside the gates, followed by three gunmen who stormed into the building. The assault set off a four-hour firefight that ended only after Afghan security forces said they had killed all the attackers.
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Official: Joint US-Afghan operation kills 2 top insurgents
A joint U.S. and Afghan military operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province killed two al-Qaida-linked leaders and led to the capture of a third, a government official said Thursday.
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Islamic State says it has taken Tora Bora, bin Laden’s Afghan hideout
The Islamic State group says it has captured Tora Bora, a mountain hideout in Afghanistan once used by Osama bin Laden, but the Taliban on Thursday dismissed the claim, saying they were still in control of the cave complex.
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Afghan official: ISIS moves to seize Osama bin Laden’s hideout
Islamic State fighters captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Wednesday.
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Afghans mourn, a day after massive truck bombing killed 90
Afghans mourned the loss of family members, friends and colleagues on Thursday, a day after a massive truck bomb exploded in the capital, killing at least 90 people and wounding more than 450 in one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from the country in 2014.
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Afghan air force pounds area after death of ISIS commander
Afghanistan’s air force has pounded Islamic State targets in an eastern province where an Afghan and U.S. military raid last month killed the militant group’s top commander, the government said on Monday.
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Afghan official: Taliban kill 8 police in northern province
The Taliban overran three security checkpoints in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, killing eight policemen and cutting off a key road and two of the region’s districts, an Afghan official said Tuesday.
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Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing
Sloppy blood collection and identification by Afghanistan’s army may have led to the deaths of wounded Afghan soldiers who received the wrong blood type, a U.S. watchdog said. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry rejected the report.
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Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp
The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday.
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Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers and killing at least 74 people.
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ISIS targets Iraq Embassy in Kabul; all 4 attackers killed
The Islamic State group targeted the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul on Monday, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up outside the gates, followed by three gunmen who stormed into the building. The assault set off a four-hour firefight that ended only after Afghan security forces said they had killed all the attackers.
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Official: Joint US-Afghan operation kills 2 top insurgents
A joint U.S. and Afghan military operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province killed two al-Qaida-linked leaders and led to the capture of a third, a government official said Thursday.
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Islamic State says it has taken Tora Bora, bin Laden’s Afghan hideout
The Islamic State group says it has captured Tora Bora, a mountain hideout in Afghanistan once used by Osama bin Laden, but the Taliban on Thursday dismissed the claim, saying they were still in control of the cave complex.
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Afghan official: ISIS moves to seize Osama bin Laden’s hideout
Islamic State fighters captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Wednesday.
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Afghans mourn, a day after massive truck bombing killed 90
Afghans mourned the loss of family members, friends and colleagues on Thursday, a day after a massive truck bomb exploded in the capital, killing at least 90 people and wounding more than 450 in one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from the country in 2014.
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Afghan air force pounds area after death of ISIS commander
Afghanistan’s air force has pounded Islamic State targets in an eastern province where an Afghan and U.S. military raid last month killed the militant group’s top commander, the government said on Monday.
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Afghan official: Taliban kill 8 police in northern province
The Taliban overran three security checkpoints in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, killing eight policemen and cutting off a key road and two of the region’s districts, an Afghan official said Tuesday.
