Archive for November, 2019

5 militants killed during night raid operation in S. Afghan province

Five militants were killed and five others were arrested after Afghan Special Operations Forces waged an operation in southern Kandahar province during Tuesday night, local police said on Wednesday.

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Report finds the Taliban were deadlier than ISIS in 2018

Attacks by the Taliban were deadlier than those committed by any other group in 2018, according to a report released by an international think tank on Wednesday.

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Missile Hegemony: India Test Fires Two Rounds of Nuclear Capable Missile Amid Pakistan Tensions

The missile would be crucial in any limited war scenario with Pakistan and comes a day after Islamabad completed the test launch of its own surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Shaheen-1.

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4 IS members arrested in E. Afghanistan: gov’t

Afghan security forces have arrested two key Islamic State (IS) members and two militants loyal to the IS outfit following a search operation in eastern Laghman province, Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday.

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Afghanistan Blames Taliban For Delay In High-Profile Prisoner Swap

Kabul has blamed the Taliban for a delay in the exchange of three extremist prisoners held in Afghanistan for two Western hostages that the militant group has been holding.

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Afghanistan prisoner swap delayed, complicating efforts to restart talks with Taliban

A planned prisoner swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban that was intended to restart peace talks between the insurgent group and the United States has been delayed, according to Afghan and Taliban officials.

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Taliban commanders ‘land in Qatar’ as part of prisoner swap move

US and Australian hostages held by the armed group freed after Afghan government released three Taliban commanders.

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14 militants killed in N. Afghan airstrike

Fourteen Taliban militants, including a militants’ divisional commander, were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, local police said Tuesday.

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Two Western Hostages Are Freed in Afghanistan in Deal With Taliban

The two Western teachers held by the Taliban are safe with American forces, officials say, and three Taliban figures are freed. Some Afghans worry it won’t help renew peace talks. The Taliban on Tuesday freed two Westerners they had held for more than three years in exchange for the release of three senior insurgent leaders, officials said, in a deal […]

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Bombs, missiles falling at record pace in long-running Afghanistan war

As American ground forces in Afghanistan shrink, U.S. and allied warplanes are dropping bombs and firing missiles at insurgent targets at a record pace in the 18-year-long war.

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