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US attack in Kabul causes casualties as Mattis, NATO chief visit

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India rules out deploying troops in Afghanistan

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Five injured in suicide bombing in Kabul

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U.S. to send over 3,000 troops to Afghanistan: Mattis

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Analysis: U.S. must focus on political process, dialogue in Afghanistan

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No sand, no problem: Beach football in landlocked Afghanistan

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Pakistan's FM calls for regional consensus to address Afghan issue

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Taliban key commander among 4 killed in northern Afghan province

Fourmilitants,includingTalibankeycommanderMawlawiIsmael,werekilledinQala-e-ZaldistrictofAfghanistan'snorthernKunduzprovinceonSunday,alocalofficialsaid.(ASIAPACI

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Chinese FM: Pakistan has made 'all-out efforts' in anti-terrorism

ThePakistanigovernment'seffortsandsacrificesinfightingagainstterrorismhavebeenwidelyrecognized,ChineseForeignMinisterWangYisaidonFriday,addingthatPakistanhasmad

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Afghanistan's lost movies, hidden from the Taliban, go digital

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Trump's raising of the stakes in Afghanistan will affect China

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Pentagon chief orders additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan

U.S.DefenseSecretaryJamesMattissaidThursdaythathehassignedorderstosendadditionaltroopstoAfghanistan.MattistoldreportersatthePentagonthathewillnotrevealdetailsun

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Pentagon: US troop total in Afghanistan larger than reported

ThePentagonispoisedtohaveroughly15,000U.S.troopsinAfghanistaninthecomingmonths,asdefenseofficialsonWednesdayfinallyacknowledgedtheactualnumberofAmericanforcesin

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Cracks deepened between Pakistan, U.S. on Afghan issue,engagement needed

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Pakistan postpones visit by senior US official after Trump speech

PakistanpostponedavisitbyaseniorUSofficial,officialssaid,assmall-scaleprotestsbrokeoutagainstPresidentDonaldTrump'saccusationsthatIslamabadwasprolongingthewarin

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The dirty power games powers like the US play

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Trump’s secrecy about troop number in Afghanistan more for politics

ByADPWriterLuJiafeiForU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump,therationalebehindhisdecisionnottotalkaboutfutureU.S.trooplevelsinAfghanistanwasclear:youalwayshavetokeeptheenemy