Afghanistan
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustBusiness
Leidos awarded $27 million US Army contract for Saturn Arch ISR aircraft
Leidos was awarded a $26,798,950 US Army contract for Saturn Arch Quick Reaction Capability aircraft, the US Department of Defense said
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27 AugustAsia Pacific
Ghazni battle exposes nascent Afghan forces’ shortcomings
In Ghazni, site of a four-day battle between the Afghanistan government and Taliban forces that killed hundreds, there is plenty of grief and blame
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26 AugustAsia Pacific
Afghanistan ISIS leader ‘killed in Nangarhar airstrike’
Saad Erhabi, a senior Islamic State - Khorasan Province leader, was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, according to officials
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21 AugustAsia Pacific
Multiple rockets hit Kabul after Afghan president offers Taliban ceasefire
Multiple rockets hit near the diplomatic area in the Afghan capital Kabul, as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants
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19 AugustAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: President Ghani offers Taliban 3-month conditional ceasefire
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban to begin on Eid al-Adha
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16 AugustAsia Pacific
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
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
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
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
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
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14 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban capture northern Afghanistan military base
Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan military base in the northern Faryab province, killing and capturing dozens of soldiers
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13 AugustAsia Pacific
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
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