Afghanistan
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Asia
At Least 15 Afghan Civilians Killed in New Border Clashes with Pakistan
At least 15 civilians were killed and around 100 others injured in fresh clashes along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, Afghan officials…
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Renewed Clashes Erupt Between Pakistani and Afghan Forces Along Border as Tensions Escalate
Heavy clashes broke out on Tuesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces in a remote northwestern border region, with Pakistan’s state-run…
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Rescue Efforts Enter 3rd Day as Death Toll Nears 1,500 in Quake-Hit Eastern Afghanistan
Rescue and relief operations continued on the third consecutive day on Wednesday, as the death toll from a devastating earthquake…
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Deadly Terrorist Attack in Northwest Pakistan Leaves 18 Dead, Including Five Soldiers
At least five Pakistani soldiers and 13 civilians were killed when heavily armed terrorists launched a deadly assault on a…
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Asia
Taliban Rejects ICC Jurisdiction, Calls Rome Statute Invalid for Afghanistan
The Taliban administration declared Afghanistan’s accession to the Rome Statute as “devoid of legal validity,” asserting that it has no…
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Asia
Afghan Minister and Member of Powerful Haqqani Family Killed in Kabul Bombing
The Taliban’s acting minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Haqqani, has been killed in a bombing in Kabul on Wednesday, according to media reports. Haqqani,…
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International
TAPI Pipeline Construction to Begin in Afghanistan Today
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has announced that construction on the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) pipeline project commences in Afghanistan today.…
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25 Militants Killed, 11 Injured in Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clash
Twenty-five militants were killed and eleven others injured during an infiltration attempt into Pakistani territory from Afghanistan. According to a…
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International
Afghanistan’s Taliban Government Bans ‘Violent’ Mixed Martial Arts
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a…
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