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latest news & developmentsAir strikes kill 14 Taliban in Afghan east
Afghan police backed by Nato air strikes killed 14 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked a small town in eastern Afghanistan.
Dozens of Taliban fighters killed in ambush
Nearly 70 Taliban militants were killed in an ambush by United States-led forces and Afghan soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, a military commander said on Saturday. The rebels…
Afghan elders threaten opium growers
Tribal elders in southeastern Afghanistan have threatened to torch the houses of people found growing opium and make them pay a hefty fine in a bid to stamp out the burgeoning…