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Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls taken to hospital after ‘poison attack by Taliban’
Up to 74 girls in Afghanistan have been treated after a suspected poisoning attack at their school, officials said yesterday. The girls became ill after smelling gas at their school, Bibi Maryam, in Takhar province’s capital, Taluqan. Many of the children remained in a critical condition in hospital last night. The Ministry of Public Health is investigating and samples...
ankakh April 22, 2013 17:48
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Karzai heads to Qatar with Taliban talks on agenda
Afghan President Hamid Karzai travelled to Qatar to discuss Taliban militants opening an office in the Gulf state for peace talks that could end more than a decade of war, his office said. Until earlier this year, Karzai was strongly opposed to the Islamist extremists having a meeting venue outside Afghanistan as he feared that his government would be frozen out of any...
ankakh March 30, 2013 21:30
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Pictured: Eight-ton Taliban BOMB diffused moments before devastating explosion in biggest single discovery in Afghanistan
A truck bomb containing eight tonnes of explosives and capable of destroying an area nearly a mile wide has been defused inAfghanistan. The bomb, which was wired and ready for detonation, is the single biggest discovery of its kind ever in the country. Security forces linked the weapon to insurgents from the Islamist insurgent group, Haggani Network, which is connected...
ankakh March 15, 2013 23:16
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Taliban kill 17 captured Afghan soldiers
Taliban militants have killed 17 captured Afghan soldiers in Badakhshan, a relatively peaceful province in the far northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday. “The enemy have executed 17 soldiers whose bodies were found last night,” provincial deputy police chief Sayed Jahangir Keramat said. “Seven other soldiers were released in exchange for...
ankakh March 6, 2013 21:43
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A Collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan provide evidence Jewish people lived in country 1,000 years ago
collection of manuscripts from caves in Afghanistan has provided the first evidence of Jewish communities living in the devoutly Muslim country 1,000 years ago. The cache of Hebrew documents are thought to have originated from the country’s northeast region, a Taliban stronghold. The documents, which include biblical commentaries, personal letters and financial records,...
ankakh January 5, 2013 1:46
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NATO oil tanker goes up in flames after Afghan Taliban ambush… but instead of running away, locals grab as many petrol cans as they can carry and siphon off fuel
These extraordinary pictures show the continuing Taliban threat in Afghanistan – and the opportunistic spirit residents must show if they are to survive in the war-torn land. They depict the aftermath of an attack on an oil tanker today, apparently targeted by Taliban fighters while on its way to deliver fuel to NATO soldiers. While the vessel was still burning,...
ankakh December 18, 2012 17:14

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