Tag: afghan
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Taliban confirms release of U.S. citizen in prisoner swap
Afghan authorities on Monday confirmed the swap of a prisoner, U.S civil engineer, in exchange for an Afghan drug lord who was sentenced to a life term in prison by a U.S. court. The U.S. national, Mark Frerichs, disappeared in Afghanistan in 2020.
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Afghan women footballers evacuated by Australian government
The Australian government has evacuated more than 50 women footballers and athletes and their dependents from Afghanistan following an appeal by world bodies Fifa and Fifpro. A statement by the international footballers’ federation Fifpro expressed gratitude to Australia. Following the retaking of Kabul by the Taliban, many Afghan sportswomen went into hiding. The statement said…
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Uganda to host more than 2,000 Afghan refugees
At least 500 refugees fleeing Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Kampala on Tuesday, a government official said. Esther Anyakun, minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and Refugees, told Xinhua by telephone that more refugees are expected into the east African country. “Most likely a total of 2,000 but tonight 500 are coming,” she…
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3 soldiers, 60 militants killed after gov’t troops repel attack
The Afghan security forces repelled an attack by Taliban on Shiberghan city, capital of Afghanistan’s Northern Jawzjan province on Friday, killing and injuring dozens of militants, local police said. Sporadic fighting started early Friday when dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns and heavy weapons entered from two directions in the South and East of…
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3 killed in army helicopter crash
An Afghan army chopper crashed in the country’s eastern Wardak province on Tuesday night, killing three crews and injuring another, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “An MI-17 helicopter of the army crashed in Jaghato district due to technical problem on Tuesday night and unfortunately three crews lost their lives and another…
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Gunmen kill radio journalist in car ambush
An Afghan radio journalist was shot dead Friday in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, officials said, the fifth media worker to be killed in two months. Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said governor’s spokesman…
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Roadside bomb attack misses vice-president, kills 10
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice-President, Amrullah Saleh, on Wednesday, morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least 10 people. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack, which comes just ahead of long-awaited peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Qatar’s capital Doha. “Today,…
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Top military commander, 24 others killed in Afghan helicopter crash
An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander. Taliban insurgents fighting the Western-backed government said they shot it down. Two army helicopters were on their way from Farah province to neighboring Herat when one lost control in low visibility and crashed into a mountain, Naser…
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Gunmen trap Afghan workers in attack on education office – Official
Gunmen attacked an education department office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and were holding out against security forces who had surrounded the compound, officials said. Two explosions were heard near the scene and at least two people had been killed and five wounded, the provincial governor’s office said. However, with an…
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Black Christmas: ISIS bomber strikes at Afghan spy centre, kills 6
A suicide bomber sent by Islamic State(ISIS) killed six civilians in an attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in Kabul Monday in the latest assault claimed by the group in the capital. The attacker struck as workers were arriving at the offices of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), a week after militants stormed…