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Afghan forces recapture another district from Taliban ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Key Taliban commander killed in foiled attack. Image Source: IANS News Kabul, June 26 : Afghan security forces have recaptured the Khinjan district in Baghlan province from the clutches of the Taliban, an army statement said. "Following a counter-offensive and cleanup operations, the Khinjan district and the neighbouring Kilagai area were liberated and the Taliban militants after suffering casualties fled," Xinhua news agency quoted the statement issued on Friday as saying. Taliban militants have captured seven ...

A US defense official quoted by Fox News said on Friday that the United States military has launched two drone strikes against Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan. 

The United States has launched two drone strikes against Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan, confirmed a US defence official on Friday (local time).

Paktia governor Haleem Fedayee, on Thursday said that Taliban infiltrators in the ranks of the security forces played a key role in the fall of the districts to the Taliban.

South: Hundreds of people displaced by ongoing fighting in Kandahar province Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) continued in Hilmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces. In Kandahar, fighting continued mainly in Arghandab, Zheray and Panjwayi districts. Ongoing fighting displaced hundreds of people in Kandahar province, but the exact number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is yet to be confirmed. Humanitarian actors with coordination of provincial authorities are assessing the needs of IDPs and will provide them with immediate assistan...