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Afghans fleeing say Taliban executing soldiers, attacking civilians

The Taliban are denying reports that militants are executing Afghan soldiers after they surrender.The reports have come from Afghans fleeing the relentless Taliban drive across the country. Many h

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Militants storm maternity clinic in Afghan capital, kill 14

Militants stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing 14 people, including two

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Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had ‘good talk’

President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he spoke on the phone to a Taliban leader, making him the first U.S. president believed to ever speak directly with the mi

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Commentary: Seize precious chance for lasting peace in Afghanistan

"It's been a hard journey for everyone," U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House after his government signed a peace deal with the Taliban on Saturday in a

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Pompeo says U.S.-Taliban deal to include timeline for troops withdrawal, intra-Afghan negotiations

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that a possible U.S.-Taliban peace deal will include a timetable for conditions-based U.S. troop withdrawals and the start of the intra-Afghan neg

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Afghan Taliban claims downing U.S. jet, but denied by U.S. military

KABUL/WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan Taliban claimed Monday that its fighters shot down a U.S. aircraft in the country's eastern Ghazni province, while the

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U.S. military aircraft crashes in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province

Photo taken on Jan. 27, 2020 shows the wreckage of the crashed plane in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifullah/Xinhua) A U.S. military aircraft crashed in Afghanistan

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Afghan forces launch air, ground attacks on Taliban, killing 51

Afghan forces used ground attacks and airstrikes in multiple operations against the Taliban during the last 24 hours, killing 51 fighters in an escalation that signaled

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Pentagon confirms death of two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan

The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed on Sunday that two U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan on Saturday. Both soldiers were killed in action Saturday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised

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2 U.S. soldiers killed in S. Afghanistan's explosion

Two U.S. service members were killed and two other U.S. service members wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, the coalition forces confirmed. "Two U.S. serv