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Taliban capture 3 districts including one in Kandahar

They had also captured two districts in Afghanistan’s northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan….reports Asian Lite News Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of

July 5, 2021

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Afghan forces anticipate possible Taliban attacks on major cities

There is also a criticism of how the administration has handled security in the country….reports Asian Lite News Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) on Sunday expressed that annihilating the Taliban

July 5, 2021

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US eyes refuge to 50,000 Afghans in 3 Central Asian states

Washington was in talks with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan about letting in the at-risk Afghan citizens, reports Asian Lite News Amid US troops withdrawal, thousands of Afghan translators and interpreters face threats

July 4, 2021

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Clashes kill 3 civilians, 24 Taliban militants in Afghanistan

On Saturday afternoon, three civilians were killed and 30 others wounded during fierce clashes in Omarzai, Afghanistan…reports Asian Lite News Three civilians and 24 Taliban militants were killed in two Afghan provinces

July 4, 2021

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Bagram: The Heart of US Military in Afghanistan

For almost 20 years, Bagram has been the primary military base used by the US to wage its war in Afghanistan…reports Asian Lite News The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan reached

July 4, 2021

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Blinken discusses Afghan peace with Uzbek, Tajik counterparts

Blinken and the Tajik Foreign Minister agreed that a just and durable settlement in Afghanistan would advance regional economic growth and integration…reports Asian Lite News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on

July 2, 2021

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Huge surge in poppy cultivation, drug smuggling in Afghanistan

This development comes amid a surge in violence in recent weeks in the middle of the US drawdown from the war-torn country….reports Asian Lite News Afghanistan has witnessed a 45 per cent

July 2, 2021

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33 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan airstrikes

During the air raids huge quantity of arms and ammunition of the insurgents was also destroyed….reports Asian Lite News As fighter planes struck Taliban gatherings in Kaldar and Shortepa districts of Afghanistan’s

July 2, 2021

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‘Troop exit may undermine Pak leverage’

The report further warns that Islamabad’s failure in persuading the Taliban to opt for a peacefully-negotiated political settlement, would strain its ties with Washington….reports Hamza Ameer The quick withdrawal of foreign troops

July 1, 2021

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Today’s Taliban is Closer to India: Former Pak Security Czar

Former Interior minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik has written an op-ed in a Pakistani daily The Nation on how Pakistani army and the various governments have helped the Taliban, a report by

July 1, 2021

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