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New attacks as spring offensive begins in Afghanistan

14 Apr 2019

A fresh round of violence gripped Afghanistan on Saturday and explosions shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital Kabul, one day after the Taliban launched their annual spring offensive....

Taliban ambush Afghan police convoy, killing 7

13 Apr 2019

The Taliban ambushed a police convoy in western Afghanistan, killing seven security forces, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Hai Khateby, the spokesman for the governor of the western Ghor...

Taliban announce spring offensive amid Afghan peace push

12 Apr 2019

The Taliban on Friday announced their annual spring offensive, which comes as the US and Afghan politicians try to negotiate for a peace settlement with the militants. Operation Fath —...

Taliban announce ‘ban’ on Red Cross, WHO in Afghanistan

11 Apr 2019

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban announced a “ban” against the humanitarian group and the World...

Angelina Jolie says women must be included in Afghan talks

11 Apr 2019

American actor and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie has called for women to have a central role in ongoing Afghanistan peace talks, warning their exclusion would hamper any chance...

Taliban kill 12 Afghan security forces in western Afghanistan

08 Apr 2019

Taliban fighters have killed 12 security forces in the last 48 hours in clashes in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis, the defence ministry said on Monday. In the latest assault...

Double blast kills three people, injures 19 in east Afghanistan

06 Apr 2019

JALALABAD (Afghanistan): Twin explosions on Saturday in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad killed three people and injured 19 others, a government spokesman said. Two children and eight security forces...

Taliban storms west Afghanistan district, kills dozens

05 Apr 2019

Hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed a district in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, with both Afghan government forces and the insurgent group suffering dozens of casualties, provincial officials said. The district...

An ominous Mueller trap for Democrats

03 Apr 2019

Ever since Attorney General William Barr released the “principal conclusions” of Special Counsel Robert Mueller›s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Democrats have been...

You are making Canada proud: Trudeau to Lilly Singh

18 Mar 2019

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Canadian-born Lilly Singh, who goes by the stage name Superwoman, on bagging a late night show of a major TV network and...

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