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Explosion kills four in largest US base in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Explosion kills four in largest US base in Afghanistan

At least four people were killed early Saturday in an explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, NATO said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the major security breach.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban claim attack on German consulate in Afghan city INTERNATIONAL

Taliban claim attack on German consulate in Afghan city

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday, killing at least four civilians and wounding scores, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US airstrikes kill 30 Afghan civilians INTERNATIONAL

US airstrikes kill 30 Afghan civilians

US airstrikes early Thursday killed at least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, in the volatile northern province of Kunduz, officials said, after a Taliban assault left two American soldiers dead.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Armed men burn down girls' school in north Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Armed men burn down girls' school in north Afghanistan

Armed men have burned down a girls' school in northern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, with police blaming the Taliban for the assault as the militants expand their foothold across the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Airstrike causes civilian casualties in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Airstrike causes civilian casualties in Afghanistan

An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday hit the home of a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Nangarhar and caused several civilian casualties, government and insurgent spokesmen said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban denies holding peace talks with Afghan government INTERNATIONAL

Taliban denies holding peace talks with Afghan government

The Taliban has denied a news report that it recently restarted peace talks with the Afghan government.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thousands flee pitched battles in Afghan city INTERNATIONAL

Thousands flee pitched battles in Afghan city

The number of war-displaced civilians in Kunduz has more than doubled to 24,000, the UN said on Sunday, as street battles persisted a week after the Taliban stormed into the northern Afghan city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan forces struggle to flush out Taliban from Kunduz INTERNATIONAL

Afghan forces struggle to flush out Taliban from Kunduz

Afghan forces battled to flush out Taliban insurgents from Kunduz for a fifth day on Friday, as a humanitarian crisis deepened with civilians in the northern city reporting a crippling shortage of food and medicines.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban kidnap more than 100 locals in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Taliban kidnap more than 100 locals in Afghanistan

Taliban militants in the past days have kidnapped more than 100 travelers in two Afghan provinces.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Choose path to 'honourable' peace, Kerry tells Taliban INTERNATIONAL

Choose path to 'honourable' peace, Kerry tells Taliban

The Taliban should look at the example of a deal between the Afghan government and militant commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a path to an "honorable" peace in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban fighters enter Afghan city of Kunduz INTERNATIONAL

Taliban fighters enter Afghan city of Kunduz

Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, taking control of the central intersection where they raised their flag a year earlier ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan 'friendly fire' kills five soldiers INTERNATIONAL

Afghan 'friendly fire' kills five soldiers

An Afghan air force strike killed five soldiers and a police officer in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday, the latest in a series of so-called "friendly fire" incidents.

5:45 AM November 27 2016