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India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral meet to be held on Sunday

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Ahead of the NAM Summit, India, Iran and Afghanistan will hold a strategic trilateral meet on Sunday in Tehran in which key issues, including regional security and economic situation and best utilisat

New Zealand flags early Afghan exit after three soldiers killed

New Zealand revealed on Monday it was considering an early withdrawal from Afghanistan after three of its soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Bamiyan province.

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Afghan bazaar bomb kills Eid shoppers

A bomb exploded on Saturday in a bazaar in western Afghanistan crowded with people shopping to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan, killing four civilians, an official said.

A dozen

Another Afghan police attack kills 2 US troops

A newly recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies on Friday, killing two U.S. service members minutes after they handed him his official weapon in an inauguration ceremony.

Afghan suicide attacks kill many: Officials

A group of suicide bombers killed up to 20 people in the capital of Afghanistan's southwestern Nimroz province on the border with Iran, officials said on Tuesday.

"Twenty people, most of them civilia

'Green-on-blue' attacks spike in Afghanistan

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Seven international soldiers have been killed by their local colleagues in a bloody four days of violence in Afghanistan, further eroding trust between foreign troops and the Afghans they work with.

Kabul police: Roadside bomb kills 8 civilians

A militant detonated a remote-control bomb on Tuesday morning, killing at least eight Afghan civilians who were traveling in a bus just northwest of the Afghan capital, police said.

The bomb was plac

Afghan defense minister steps down

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Afghanistan's defense minister, who played a key role overseeing the rapid expansion of the country's army, stepped down on Tuesday days after receiving a no-confidence vote from parliament.

The resi

Pak troops kill Afghan militants ahead of PM Ashraf's Kabul visit

Ahead of the Pakistan prime minister's maiden visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss cross-border attacks being mounted by Afghan militants on Pakistan, Pakistani troops reportedly killed six Afg

Bomb destroys 22 NATO supply trucks: Afghan official

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A Taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday.

A pre-dawn explosion triggered a fire which engulfed the truck

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