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Afghanistan probes Mansour's fate after deadly US drone attack INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan probes Mansour's fate after deadly US drone attack

Afghan authorities scrambled Sunday to confirm the fate of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour after US officials said he was likely killed in drone strikes -- a potential blow to the resurgent militant movement.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Eight Afghan police killed in insider attack: officials INTERNATIONAL

Eight Afghan police killed in insider attack: officials

A rogue Afghan policeman shot dead eight of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in a series of insider attacks which have blighted government forces battling the Taliban.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan hosts meeting on reviving Afghan Taliban talks INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan hosts meeting on reviving Afghan Taliban talks

Pakistan on Wednesday hosted a fresh four-nation meeting aimed at reviving long-stalled direct peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Italy arrests Afghan suspected of plotting attacks INTERNATIONAL

Italy arrests Afghan suspected of plotting attacks

Italian police on Tuesday arrested an Afghan suspected of plotting attacks in Italy, Britain and France after finding incriminating evidence on his mobile phone.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan road crash inferno leaves at least 73 dead INTERNATIONAL

Afghan road crash inferno leaves at least 73 dead

At least 73 people were killed on Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan, in one of the worst road accidents in the war-battered nation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Six Taliban inmates on death row hanged: Afghan govt INTERNATIONAL

Six Taliban inmates on death row hanged: Afghan govt

Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged on Sunday, government sources said, in the first set of executions endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan forces raid frees 60 from Taliban prison INTERNATIONAL

Afghan forces raid frees 60 from Taliban prison

Afghan special forces backed by helicopter gunships freed more than 60 people held captive in a Taliban prison in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani Sikh politician killed by Hindu rival, not Taliban INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani Sikh politician killed by Hindu rival, not Taliban

A Sikh politician in Pakistan who was gunned down last week was murdered by hired assassins and not the Taliban, police said Monday, adding they had arrested his Hindu rival ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan president vows revenge as Kabul death toll climbs INTERNATIONAL

Afghan president vows revenge as Kabul death toll climbs

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed to avenge "every drop of blood" from this week's suicide attack in Kabul, as officials more than doubled the death toll to 64.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul INTERNATIONAL

30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taliban truck bomb tore through central Kabul and a fierce firefight broke out Tuesday, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
28 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul INTERNATIONAL

28 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul

At least 28 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taliban truck bomb tore through central Kabul Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban launch major push to retake north Afghan city INTERNATIONAL

Taliban launch major push to retake north Afghan city

Hundreds of Taliban insurgents have launched an offensive to seize the northern Afghan city of Kunduz...

4:45 AM November 25 2016