Afghan forces set to take over nationwide security

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 day(s) ago

Afghan security forces will soon take over responsibility for the whole of the country, officials said, a major milestone as the NATO-led war effort winds down after 12 years of fighting.

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Powerful explosion near US embassy in Kabul: witnesses

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A powerful explosion which went off outside the Supreme Court and near the US embassy rocked the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, witnesses said.

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Kabul airport targeted in militant suicide attack

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Militants launched a suicide and grenade attack on Kabul airport early Monday, taking over a nearby building which security forces attempted to storm as blasts and gunfire rocked the Afghan capital.

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Kabul rocked by militant attack near airport: police

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Kabul rocked by militant attack near airport: police

Militants launched a suicide attack on Kabul shortly after dawn on Monday, police said, with loud explosions and gunfire heard near the Afghan capital's airport.

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UK to transfer scores of detainees to Afghan facilities

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 week(s) ago

Britain will transfer up to 90 detainees from its main Afghan military base to local authorities in the next few days, the British defence secretary said Wednesday. Lawyers said some of the men have been held for 14 months without charge.

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Red Cross halts all staff movement after Afghan attack

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Red Cross halts all staff movement after Afghan attack

The International Committee of the Red Cross has halted all staff movement across Afghanistan and closed its office in Jalalabad that was hit by a suicide and gun attack.

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Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outside the council headquarters, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

A passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan before dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people, many of them heading for the poppy harvest, officials said.

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NATO air strike kills 11 Afghan children, officials say

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

An air strike in Afghanistan carried out by NATO forces has killed 11 children in the eastern part of the country, officials said on Sunday. Afghanistan’s president condemned the loss of civilian lives.

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NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 month(s) ago

A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, NATO said on Tuesday. No immediate details about the cause of the accident were released.

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Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials during a problematic visit by the new Pentagon chief.

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Afghanistan marks Women's Day with film festival

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Afghanistan's first international women's film festival opened in the western city of Herat on the eve of International Women's Day.

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Taliban kill 17 captured Afghan soldiers

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 month(s) ago

Taliban militants have killed 17 captured Afghan soldiers in Badakhshan, a relatively peaceful province in the far northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday.

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Afghan leader orders US special forces out of province

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Afghanistan's president has ordered US special forces out of a strategic province over allegations of torture and murder by Afghans working with them, in another sign of deteriorating ties between Kabul and Washington.

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