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Jun- 2018 -12 JuneCommentary
In Afghanistan, ceasefires will amount to little in a war that has raged for years
Afghanistan’s temporary ceasefire is better than none, but likely represents little more than a brief interlude in a war poised to rage for many years, Michael Kugelman says
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12 JuneAsia Pacific
Taliban launches new attack in northern Afghanistan as government ceasefire begins
Taliban fighters killed a governor in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out across the country, officials said, accusing the militants of defying the start of a government ceasefire
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11 JuneAsia Pacific
Suicide bomber hits Afghanistan ministry hours before ceasefire with Taliban starts
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded by a suicide bomber outside a government ministry in Kabul, a day before a government ceasefire with the Taliban begins
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9 JuneAsia Pacific
Taliban announce temporary ceasefire, overlapping with Afghan government’s pause
The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces
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7 JuneAsia Pacific
Afghan President Ghani announces temporary unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban coinciding with the end of the Ramadan holiday
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May- 2018 -25 MayAsia Pacific
A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict
Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation
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22 MayAsia Pacific
Afghan security forces killed when bomb-laden van explodes in Kandahar
At least 16 people were killed and 38 wounded when a minivan stuffed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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15 MayAsia Pacific
US and Afghan aircraft deployed after Taliban launch offensive on Farah city
U.S. and Afghan Air Force aircraft have targeted Taliban positions in Farah after the Taliban launched an assault in a bid to capture the city
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9 MayAsia Pacific
Series of explosions rock Afghan capital
Explosions were reported in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday amid reports that attackers targeted a police headquarters and other parts of the city
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7 MayAsia Pacific
UN Afghanistan investigation concludes at least 36 children killed in Kunduz madrassa air raid
A UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan report concluded that an Afghan Air Force strike on a religious school in the Taliban-controlled Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province killed and wounded at least 81 children
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