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Bagram air base (Reuters file)

Afghanistan aircraft crash kills 7

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the crash, but the US-led coalition said that was false.

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(File)

Spring offensive roadside bomb kills 3

Taliban marked the start of the spring Afghan offensive with a roadside bomb blast killing three.

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NATO crash kills 4; spring offensive begins

NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target military and diplomatic sites with suicide bombers and infiltrate enemy forces to conduct deadly insider attacks.

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Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political office

A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the run-up to next month's parliamentary election.

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A map showing where the prisoners were taken after their helicopter made an emergency landing (Reuters)

Taliban captures 11 foreigners

The eight Turks and a Russian were captured after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan.

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Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan yesterday (AAP)

Taliban attacks kill 9 in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar.

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Political campaign banners and flags are laid out to dry at a workshop in Karachi, Pakistan (Reuters)

Taliban threat to Pakistan election

Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections.

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Afghan security officials stand guard after the attack (AAP)

Taliban courthouse bomb kills 53

Suicide bombers disguised as Afghan soldiers have stormed a courthouse in a failed bid to free more than a dozen Taliban prisoners, killing dozens.

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Afghan security officials stand guard following militant attacks at a provincial court and a bank building (AAP)

Taliban attack Afghan govt compound

Suicide bombers disguised as Afghan soldiers attacked a government compound in a bid to free Taliban prisoners.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have shown unity as the US hands over its last detention facility in Afghanistan (file)

Unity between US and Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations.

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NATO soldier in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Afghan election security fears video

A NATO conference in Brussels is considering the future of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of combat troops in 2014.

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US troops arrive at the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province (Reuters)

No drop in Taliban attacks

The US-led military coalition in Afghanistan incorrectly reported a decline in Taliban attacks last year.

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(Reuters file)

Half of freed fighters return to Taliban

At least half the Afghan Taliban recently freed from Pakistani prisons have rejoined the insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official says.

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The chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud (AAP)

Suspicion over Pakistan Taliban leader's motives

The temperamental chief of the group known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan recently offered to start peace talks with the Government.

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Malala’s final surgery after Taliban shooting video

A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward a full recovery, doctors say.

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A Predator drone (Reuters file)

US drones kill 9 militants in Pakistan

Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday.

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Malala Yousufzai waves as she is discharged from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Reuters)

Shot Pakistani girl leaves UK hospital video

A Pakistani girl who was shot in the head for saying girls should be able to get an education has been discharged from a British hospital.

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America's use of drones against militants in Pakistan has increased substantially under President Barack Obama (file pic)

US kills senior Taliban figure

An American drone strike in Pakistan has killed a top Taliban commander who sent money and fighters to battle the US in Afghanistan.

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An anti-polio drive campaign worker, Hilal Khan, who was shot and badly injured by unidentified gunmen, receives treatment at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar (Reuters)

New attacks on Pakistan polio teams video

A Pakistani official says gunmen have staged more attacks on UN-backed polio vaccination teams.

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A car burns after the bomb attack in Peshawar (Reuters)

Car bomb kills 17 in Pakistan

A car bomb has exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, killing 17 people.

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