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Life in Herat city restarts under Taliban rule

A Taliban fighter said offices would reopen and work would return to "normal" in Afghanistan's second largest city of Herat after it was captured by the insurgents. Passengers headed to Kabul's Airport seeking to leave Afghanistan in the face of the lightning Taliban offensive.

14/08/2021

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Heavy military in Kabul, Afghans try to leave capital

Police tightened security in Kabul as the lightning Taliban offensive continued to close on Afghanistan's capital.

14/08/2021

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Which countries in Europe are pulling embassy staff out of Kabul?

A country-by-country look at how Europe has reacted to the crisis in Afghanistan.

13/08/2021

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Taliban captures Uruzgan's provincial capital and Herat

The Taliban captured another three provincial capitals in Afghanistan, completing their sweep of the country's south in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul.

13/08/2021

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Taliban capture fourth-largest city, closing in on the capital Kabul

The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital Kabul as the group continued to make military gains across the country on Saturday.

13/08/2021

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Afghanistan: UK and US to send troops to Kabul to get nationals out

The EU has warned the Taliban faces international "isolation" if it takes power by force, as more Afghan cities fall to the rebels.

12/08/2021

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Taliban captures 10th provincial capital in Afghanistan

The Taliban captured a provincial capital near Kabul, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the US and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war.

12/08/2021

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Taliban capture new Afghan provincial capital near Kabul

The Taliban have raised their flags over the city of Ghazni, just 130 kilometres southwest of Kabul. It is the tenth provincial capital taken by the insurgents over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan.

12/08/2021

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Afghanistan: Taliban seizes more provincial capitals as thousands flee

The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes to escape the fighting.

11/08/2021

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More than 1,000 killed or injured in Afghanistan violence, says UN

It comes as the Taliban continue to advance, seizing control of its sixth city on August 9.

10/08/2021

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Lawmaker says Taliban enter north Afghan provincial capital

If the city falls, it will be the second provincial capital in as many days to succumb to the Taliban.

08/08/2021

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Taliban kill media chief in Kabul as they make territorial gains

The slaying comes amid Taliban advances and battles for more territory as American and NATO forces complete their final pullout from Afghanistan by the end of the month.

06/08/2021

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Lashkar Gah locals urged to evacuate amid battle with Taliban

A Taliban ground offensive and Afghan airstrikes killed and injured civilians in southern Afghanistan, the UN mission said.

03/08/2021

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US to begin evacuating Afghans who aided American military

The evacuation planning could potentially affect tens of thousands of Afghans. Several thousand Afghans who worked for the United States — plus their family members — are already in the application pipeline for special immigrant visas.

15/07/2021

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Anti-Taliban militia deploy in Herat after insurgents seize districts

Anti-Taliban militia deploy in the western Afghan city of Herat after veteran warlord and former mujahideen Ismail Khan, whose fighters helped US forces topple the Taliban in 2001, vowed to take up arms again as the insurgents closed in on the stronghold

11/07/2021

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Turkey and Russia shut consulates as Taliban advance in Afghanistan

Turkey and Russia have closed their consulates in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif amid Taliban victories nearby.

07/07/2021

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US left Afghan airfield at night, didn't tell new commander

The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years without notifying the base's new commander, Afghan military officials said.

06/07/2021

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Afghanistan: Taliban captures territory as NATO withdrawal continues

The Taliban has captured more territory in Afghanistan in recent days from fleeing Afghan forces, as NATO troops continue to pull out of the country.

05/07/2021

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US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

The US military left Bagram Airfield and handed it over to the Afghan National Security and Defence Force after nearly 20 years.

02/07/2021

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Taliban fighters surrender weapons at government ceremony

Taliban fighters surrender their weapons at a ceremony organised by the Afghan government in the western city of Herat, as fighting intensifies between the insurgents and Kabul ahead of the withdrawal of US troops.

25/06/2021

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Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gains

Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Monday.

22/06/2021

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At least 11 killed in roadside bombing in northwest Afghanistan

At least 11 people were killed, including three children, after a minivan was hit by a roadside bomb in northwest Afghanistan, according to an Afghan official.

06/06/2021

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This beautiful tourist region in Afghanistan is about to be bulldozed

Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor is a historically and geographically rich region - but China is about to build a road right through it.

20/05/2021

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What does NATO’s Afghanistan withdrawal mean for Europe?

With the planned withdrawal of the last NATO troops from Afghanistan just months away, the country faces an uncertain future amid an already deeply unstable security situation.

17/05/2021

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Afghans mourn bombing victims as Taliban plans three-day Eid ceasefire

Dozens of young girls were buried at a hilltop cemetery in Kabul on Sunday, a day after a secondary school was targeted in one of Afghanistan's most deadly attacks this year.

10/05/2021

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Blast near girls’ school in Afghan capital kills at least 50

Many children between 11 and 15 years old are among the dead.

08/05/2021