Afghanistan
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Jan- 2019 -2 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghan forces open fire on NATO advisors at base in Herat
Two Afghan border guards opened fire on NATO Resolute Support mission advisors at the military base in Herat province in western Afghanistan
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Dec- 2018 -23 DecemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled
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21 DecemberAsia Pacific
Trump plans ‘significant withdrawal’ of US troops from Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has decided to pull a significant number of troops from Afghanistan, a US official told AFP a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria
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11 DecemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets security forces convoy near Kabul, killing 4
At least four people were killed and another six injured after a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Afghan security forces in Kabul
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3 DecemberAsia Pacific
Fourth US service member dies from Afghanistan IED blast
A fourth US service member, Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Ghazni province
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Nov- 2018 -30 NovemberAsia Pacific
US airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 23 civilians, UN finds
At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US airstrike in southern Afghanistan, according to an UN investigation
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29 NovemberAsia Pacific
Five G4S employees killed in Kabul suicide attack claimed by Taliban
Five employees of the security company G4S were killed and dozens injured in the Afghan capital when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted one of their locations
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28 NovemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bomber attacks G4S complex in Kabul
A suicide car bomb exploded in an eastern district of Kabul followed by gunfire as militants attacked a compound housing a private security company
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27 NovemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: 3 US service members killed by IED near Ghazni
Three US service members have been killed in Afghanistan and a civilian contractor wounded by an IED near Ghazni, the NATO Resolute Support mission said
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26 NovemberAsia Pacific
Taliban kill 22 Afghan police in Farah province ambush
At least 22 police were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan in another blow to forces already suffering record casualties
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