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Afghan official: Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94

 13:21 15/04/2017

The U.S. has more than 8,000 US troops in Afghanistan, training local forces and conducting counterterrorism operations.
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US drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan, first time used in combat

 13:06 13/04/2017

The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target Islamic State tunnels and personnel.
US Sends 100 Troops to Secure Besieged Afghan City

US Sends 100 Troops to Secure Besieged Afghan City

 08:26 23/08/2016

The troops will attempt to help the Afghans hold on to the city of Lashkar Gah, the southern capital of Helmand province.
File photo: Policemen in Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo. © Mohammad Ismail / Reuters

Afghan capital rocked by heavy explosion – reports

 17:28 31/07/2016

A large explosion has been reported in the Afghan capital of Kabul, with witnesses saying that electricity went off in the city.
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US to leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan into 2017, 35 percent more than expected

 18:22 06/07/2016

The United States will leave more troops in Afghanistan at the end of the year than previously announced, President Barack Obama said.
AFP | The purported site of the drone strike in the Ahmad Wal area of Balochistan in Pakistan

Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour killed, Afghans confirm

 10:11 22/05/2016

Afghanistan's spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike.
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Afghanistan violence: Deadly bomb and gun attack hits Kabul

 16:52 19/04/2016

At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say.
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