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US Marines return to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn country since NATO forces ended their combat role in 2014. Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson attended a
Latest Taliban offensives kill dozens, displace thousands in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s latest offensives in the north and south of Afghanistan have killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands, officials said Monday. Earlier this month the militants launched a full-fledged attack on Kunduz, briefly entering the northern city
Six NATO troops killed in Afghanistan blast
NATO says that six of its soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Brig. Gen William Shoffner, head of public affairs at NATO’s Resolute Support base in the Afghan capital Kabul, said on Monday
Six NATO troops killed in Afghanistan blast
NATO says that six of its soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Brig. Gen William Shoffner, head of public affairs at NATO’s Resolute Support base in the Afghan capital Kabul, said on Monday
Afghanistan’s Helmand province may fall to Taliban, official says
Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand is on the verge of falling to the Taliban, with 90 soldiers killed in fierce clashes, its deputy governor said Sunday, imploring Kabul for intervention in an unusual Facebook post. The warning bore grim similarities
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