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17 August

Australia signs €2 billion contract with Rheinmetall for 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles

Germany's Rheinmetall announced that it secured a €2.1 billion (Au$3.3 billion) contract to supply Australia with 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles

16 August

Afghan special operations forces in northern Afghanistan

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Gunmen attack Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul

Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training center in Kabul, officials said, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary city

15 August

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Students killed in suicide bombing at Kabul education center

Dozens of people were killed when an explosion at an education center rocked a minority Shiite area of western Kabul

15 August

Joanne Stocker

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Taliban kill dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks

Taliban insurgents killed dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks in Baghlan and Zabul provinces, bringing the number killed in the past week to well over 200

14 August

Joanne Stocker

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Taliban capture northern Afghanistan military base

Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan military base in the northern Faryab province, killing and capturing dozens of soldiers

13 August

Afghan Mi-17 helicopter repaired by NATO

Fergus Kelly

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NATO refurbishes Afghan Mi-17 helicopters in Europe as shift to Black Hawk continues

Three Afghan Mi-17 helicopters refurbished by NATO in Europe will be operational within weeks, as the US continues to build the Afghan Air Force's UH-60 Black Hawk capacity

13 August

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India approves plan for $700 million acquisition of 6 next-generation offshore patrol vessels

India approved a plan for the procurement of six Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indian Navy at a cost of Rs. 4941 crore ($706.5 million)

13 August