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What’s next for Taliban after Mullah Omar’s reported death?
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What’s next for Taliban after Mullah Omar’s reported death?

Mullah Mohammed Omar was the definition of elusive. There are two photographs of him in existence, and even they are…
Spokesman: Afghan government investigating reports Mullah Omar is dead
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Spokesman: Afghan government investigating reports Mullah Omar is dead

The Afghan government is investigating reports that Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, is dead, a spokesman for the…
Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
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Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans

Carved into dun-colored cliffs, hundreds of manmade caves situated next to empty niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues destroyed…
Second round of Afghan peace talks likely next week in China
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Second round of Afghan peace talks likely next week in China

China is likely to host a second round of peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives next week,…
Afghan officials say 14 soldiers killed in US airstrike
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Afghan officials say 14 soldiers killed in US airstrike

At least 14 Afghan soldiers were killed in a US airstrike early Monday on an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested…
Afghan returnees from Iran bring drug problems back home
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Afghan returnees from Iran bring drug problems back home

At Zero Point, the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, hundreds of Afghan laborers return to their homeland each…
US air strike kills Islamic State leader in Afghanistan
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US air strike kills Islamic State leader in Afghanistan

The top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan has been killed by a US air strike in the country's east, officials…
China’s Xi pledges security equipment, training for Afghanistan
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China’s Xi pledges security equipment, training for Afghanistan

China will provide Afghanistan with security equipment and training, President Xi Jinping told his Afghan counterpart on Friday, days after…
Despite peace talks breakthrough, Afghan leader under pressure at home
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Despite peace talks breakthrough, Afghan leader under pressure at home

If Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was savoring inaugural peace talks with Taliban insurgents held in Pakistan on Wednesday, celebrations of…
Taliban, Afghan officials end peace talks agreeing to meet again
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Taliban, Afghan officials end peace talks agreeing to meet again

The first officially acknowledged peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul ended with an agreement to…
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