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The Taliban claimed on Friday that they now control over 85 percent of Afghanistan’s territory amid an increase in victories on the ground and as American troops complete their pullout from the war-ravaged nation. The announcement was made during a press conference at the end of a visit by a…
The Afghan army lost 14 soldiers, and 37 others were taken hostage during the hostilities with the Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan, TOLO news media outlet reported on Sunday. According to the Afghan news outlet, the Taliban attacked a police station in the Qaisar district in the Faryab province on…
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in a provincial capital about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from capital Kabul, officials and witnesses said, prompting the defence minister to take charge of a counteroffensive. Violence has increased in Afghanistan since US forces began their final pull-out on May 1, as the insurgents press on…
Heavy clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents resumed on Monday after a three-day ceasefire announced by both sides for the Muslim holiday Eid, officials said. Taliban Islamists have put on a months-long campaign to expand their influence across the country as the United States began pulling out its…
Afghanistan’s interior minister Masoud Andarabi said that Afghan security forces can stand their ground even if US troops withdraw. The comment came as a reaction to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s warning issued in a sharply worded letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last weekend. “The Afghan security forces are fully capable of…
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