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Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76

The Independent  

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Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76

Associated Press  

Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan have killed a combined total of 50 people and injured 76, a government spokesman said Thursday. One was a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker on the Kabul-Kandahar highway late Wednesday, said Hafiz Omar, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province. Crash survivor Abdullah Khan, who was being treated in …

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Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

At least 50 people killed in accidents on the same highway in Ghazni province between Kabul and southern Kandahar city. The accidents took place on the same highway in Ghazni province between the capital, Kabul, and southern Kandahar city late on Wednesday, provincial head of information and culture Hamidullah Nisar said on X on Thursday. Message of Condolences from the …

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Taliban beat Afghans for carrying the national flag in crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban beat Afghans for carrying the national flag in crackdown

Daily Mail  

The Taliban have been at pains to present a reformed image since marching into Kabul this weekend after US president Joe Biden's abandonment of Afghanistan. It comes after human rights group Amnesty International revealed that Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of the country's Ghazni province last month, with eyewitnesses giving harrowing accounts of the killings. …

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Afghanistan: Mapping the advance of the Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Mapping the advance of the Taliban

Al Jazeera  

An animated map showing how and when the Taliban captured 26 out of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in just 10 days. August 14 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province Taliban fighters captured Mazar-i-Sharif – the country’s fourth-largest city with a strong defence, as it took control of the entire north of the country. Feruz Koh, Ghor province Taliban fighters took control of …

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Taliban say will completely take over Afghanistan in 7 days, set eyes on Kabul as key cities fall
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban say will completely take over Afghanistan in 7 days, set eyes on Kabul as key cities fall

Firstpost  

The Taliban’s statement came close on the heels of the group’s fighters making rapid gains in conflict zones Taliban fighters will complete the takeover of Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul, in less than seven days, the insurgent group told CNN-News18 on Friday, buoyed by their spectacular success in gaining control of city after city in a weekslong military …

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Taliban capture Lashkar Gah after Kandahar, take control of Herat airport in Afghanistan turmoil
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban capture Lashkar Gah after Kandahar, take control of Herat airport in Afghanistan turmoil

India Today  

The Taliban have claimed to have captured two of Afghanistan’s cities -- Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- in an advance that has raised fears of the collapse of the government. The capture of Kandahar and Herat - the country's second and third largest cities will represent the Taliban's two most significant victories since they began a broad offensive in May …

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Afghanistan’s third largest city of Herat falls as Taliban closes in on Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan’s third largest city of Herat falls as Taliban closes in on Kabul

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The reported seizure of Herat, the country’s third largest …

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Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz

The Hindu  

The Taliban captured a provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. Fighting meanwhile raged in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan's largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded government forces …

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Taliban seizes key Afghan city of Ghazni, US worried Kabul could fall in 90 days
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban seizes key Afghan city of Ghazni, US worried Kabul could fall in 90 days

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban in Afghanistan have now taken control of the key city of Ghazni, which lies just 150 kilometres away from the country's capital and seat of power Kabul, reported the AFP news agency on Thursday morning, citing a senior lawmaker and the insurgents. This makes Ghazni the tenth provincial capital to fall to the Taliban this week, amid a …

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Afghanistan: Taliban capture Ghazni, city just 150 km away from capital Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban capture Ghazni, city just 150 km away from capital Kabul

India TV News  

The Taliban have reportedly captured the city of Ghazni located just 150 km from Afghanistan's capital Kabul. "The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city- the governor's office, the police headquarters and the prison," AFP reported quoting Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, head of the provincial council. The fall of the strategically important city came just hours after the …

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Taliban take over Herat Police headquarters in western Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban take over Herat Police headquarters in western Afghanistan

India Today  

After the Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul and broke through defensive lines in Afghanistan’s third-largest city on Thursday, it took over Herat Police headquarters in Western Afghanistan. #BREAKING Taliban take over Herat police HQ in western Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/uADL8dEctS — AFP News Agency August 12, 2021 Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city and the capital of a province with the …

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Afghanistan gov’t offers to share power with Taliban: Official
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan gov’t offers to share power with Taliban: Official

Al Jazeera  

Kabul makes a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for halt in escalating violence, top government source tells Al Jazeera. Kabul, Afghanistan – The Afghanistan government has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for a halt in the escalating violence in the country, a top government source has told Al Jazeera. The development, which was also …

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Afghan govt offers power-sharing deal with Taliban to end violence: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan govt offers power-sharing deal with Taliban to end violence: Report

India Today  

The Afghanistan government has offered to share power with the Taliban in return for an end to ongoing violence in the nation, government sources were quoted as saying in an AFP report on Thursday. The report states that Afghan government negotiators in Qatar had offered the Taliban the power-sharing deal. The proposal allows the Taliban to share power in return …

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Afghanistan: Fear and resentment reign as the Taliban overruns more cities
3 years, 5 months ago

Afghanistan: Fear and resentment reign as the Taliban overruns more cities

CNN  

Kabul CNN — In less than a week, the Taliban has overrun one-quarter of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals in a huge swathe of territory across the north of the country. Afghan security forces are seen in the fight against the Taliban near the Torkham border point between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar province on July 23, 2021. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The …

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Suicide Car Bomb Kills 26 Afghan Security Personnel
4 years, 1 month ago

Suicide Car Bomb Kills 26 Afghan Security Personnel

News 18  

A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. The Ghazni attack comes just days after two bombs killed 14 people in the historic city of Bamiyan, ending years of calm in the isolated town famous for its ancient Buddhist …

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33-year-old Afghan Woman Shot at, Blinded for Taking a Cop Job
4 years, 2 months ago

33-year-old Afghan Woman Shot at, Blinded for Taking a Cop Job

News 18  

The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes. The attack on Khatera, who only uses one name, is indicative of a growing trend, human rights …

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Afghan woman working as cop shot, blinded for getting job
4 years, 2 months ago

Afghan woman working as cop shot, blinded for getting job

India Today  

A 33-year-old Afghan woman, Khatera, was shot at, stabbed and blinded by three unknown men after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province. The rights activists believe a mix of Afghanistan’s conservative social norms and an emboldened Taliban gaining influence while the United States withdraws its troops from the country is driving the escalation. …

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