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Twelve Afghan Soldiers Killed by Their Colleagues While They Slept

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | World

An Afghan official said yesterday that up to 12 Afghan soldiers were killed while they slept by two of their colleagues at a site near the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Sher Aziz Kamawal, a senior police commander in Kunduz, said that the two soldiers, who...

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Afghan security forces conduct security checks in Kunduz. AFP

Afghan Forces Retake Khan Abad District from Taliban

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 22, 2016 | World

Kunduz-Afghan forces have recaptured a district near Kunduz city that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and residents said Sunday, after thousands of people fled their homes in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province. Khan Abad district, which is...

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File photograph taken on October 1, 2015, shows Afghan military personnel walking near the airport during fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz.

Taliban Launch Major Push to Retake Northern Afghan City

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 15, 2016 | Middle East

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, April 15 – According to provincial officials 100s of Taliban militants have launched an attack to seize the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, noting that only last year they have captured and held it for several days in a major blow to President...