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Afghan government forces recapture 2 districts in northern Takhar
Updated : 1 hour, 49 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghan government forces in an overnight counter-offensive have recaptured two districts in the northern Takhar province, an army spokesman in the northern region, Abdul Hadi Nazari said Monday.
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Biden to meet with Afghan President Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah
Updated : 17 hours, 4 min ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah are set to visit the United States next week to meet President Joe Biden.
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Taliban says only 'genuine Islamic system' can lead to Afghan peac
Updated : 20 hours, 40 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting violence in Afghanistan, the Taliban has said it remains committed to peace talks and wants a "genuine Islamic system" that would make provisions for women's rights in line with cultural traditions and religious rules, in the war-torn
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'Pakistan won't get what it wants after US withdrawal from Afghani
Updated : 20 hours, 48 min ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): It is becoming increasingly clear that Pakistan, which is caught between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's government and its rising mujahidin allies and the Taliban, won't get what it wants after US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan reports 1,927 COVID-19 cases, 93 deaths in 24 hours
Updated : 22 hours, 11 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan on Sunday reported 1,927 new COVID-19 cases and 93 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the national counts to 103,921 and 4,215 respectively, the country's Public Health Ministry confirmed.
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Afghan special police arrests 2 for links with Taliban in Kabul
Updated : 23 hours, 47 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Special Operations Police Forces of the Afghan National Police (ANP) captured two suspected men linked with the Taliban outfit, the country's Interior Ministry confirmed on Sunday.
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Pakistan defends Taliban as violence surge in Afghanistan, shifts
Updated : 1 day, 2 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): As the Taliban resumes attacks on Afghan security forces and civilians, Pakistan extended support to the terrorist group, saying it would be an "exaggeration" to hold them responsible for violence in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Fuelling confusion, US cancels NATO flag-lowering cer
Updated : 1 day, 2 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI): The US on Friday cancelled North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) flag-lowering ceremony at the last moment amid questions over what the ceremony was meant to signify, according to three US Defence officials.
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Pakistan wanted 'reconciliation' but India 'did not reciprocate',
Updated : 1 day, 4 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistan wanted "reconciliation" with India but the latter "did not reciprocate" and took measures that "vitiated the climate", claimed Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
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Fencing of Afghan-Pakistan border to be completed by June 30, says
Updated : 1 day, 6 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): The fencing of the 2,600-kilometer Afghan-Pakistan porous border will be completed by the end of June, Pakistani interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told the country's Parliament.
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Imran Khan rules out possibility of giving Pak military bases to U
Updated : 1 day, 13 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory to the United States for any kind of action inside Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan appoints new security ministers as violence intensifie
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Afghan government has appointed two new key security ministers amid growing insurgency and conflicts in the war-torn country, the Administrative Office of the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.
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