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Taliban fighters enter northern city of Kunduz INTERNATIONAL

Taliban fighters enter northern city of Kunduz

Taliban fighters attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz overnight, entering urban areas and threatening a repeat of the assault in which they seized the city exactly a year ago.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed a US soldier in Helmand, a province in southern Afghanistan that has seen an upsurge in violence in recent weeks.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban capture key district in Afghanistan's north INTERNATIONAL

Taliban capture key district in Afghanistan's north

Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the Nato-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan after days of fighting, officials said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clashes as Afghan Taliban edge closer to Helmand capital INTERNATIONAL

Clashes as Afghan Taliban edge closer to Helmand capital

Fighting raged on Thursday in Helmand after Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to beat back Taliban insurgents advancing on the besieged capital of the southern poppy-growing province.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thousands flee fierce fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand INTERNATIONAL

Thousands flee fierce fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand

Fierce fighting in Helmand has sent thousands of Afghans fleeing to the capital of the southern opium-rich province, sparking a humanitarian crisis as Taliban insurgents besiege the city despite intensified US air strikes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghanistan risks 'new spiral in violence', UN official says INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan risks 'new spiral in violence', UN official says

Afghanistan faces the risk of a new spiral in violence following a series of attacks on civilians in the last few months but on the battlefield, security forces have been holding their ground, a UN official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban kidnap around 25 people on Afghan highway INTERNATIONAL

Taliban kidnap around 25 people on Afghan highway

Taliban on Tuesday kidnapped around two dozen people after pulling them off buses in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in series of abductions on the country's increasingly dangerous highways.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US troop reinforcements head for embattled southern Afghan province INTERNATIONAL

US troop reinforcements head for embattled southern Afghan province

Hundreds more US troops are headed for Afghanistan's strife-torn Helmand province to shore up security forces who have struggled in the face of sustained Taliban attacks, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US soldier killed in Afghan mission, two more wounded INTERNATIONAL

US soldier killed in Afghan mission, two more wounded

A US soldier has become the first American killed in Afghanistan in 2016 while two more were wounded in an operation in Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling Taliban insurgents.

4:45 AM November 25 2016