Afghanistan
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Sep- 2018 -26 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds
An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces ramp up aerial bombardments against militants
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25 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Fear and mourning in Afghanistan: Hazaras mark the festival of Muharram in fragile Dasht-e-Barchi
In Kabul’s largely Shia Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Shadi Saif finds some from Afghanistan's persecuted minority community taking security into their own hands
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25 SeptemberAsia Pacific
UN investigates ‘credible’ reported Afghanistan airstrike that killed 9 from a single family
The UN said it was investigating reports that 9 family members had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but US Forces denied the victims were civilians
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16 SeptemberBusiness
US Army procures Hydra rockets from General Dynamics for foreign military sales
General Dynamics was awarded a $44 million contract for Hydra rockets for foreign military sales to Afghanistan, Nigeria, Australia, Lebanon and the Philippines
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15 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghan military helicopter crash in Farah province kills at least four
An Afghan military helicopter carrying weapons and ammunition burst into flames during an "emergency landing" in western Afghanistan's Farah province, killing at least four people
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12 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Death toll in eastern Afghanistan suicide attack rises to 68
The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, as violence flares ahead of elections and a key Islamic holy day
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11 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Dozens of casualties in suicide attack on Afghan protesters in Nangarhar
At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack among protesters in Nangarhar hours after a double bombing at a girls' school in Jalalabad killed a boy
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10 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan kill dozens of security personnel
Taliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north
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5 SeptemberBusiness
US Air Force awards Sierra Nevada $1.8 billion Afghanistan A-29 Super Tucano contract
Sierra Nevada was awarded a potential $1.8 billion contract for the procurement and sustainment of A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for Afghanistan's air force
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5 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks Kabul sports club
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a sports club in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, officials said, causing casualties
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