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Taliban captures all onboard crashed helicopterThe Taliban have captured all aboard a helicopter that crashed in a volatile region of Afghanistan's east, a spokesman for the insurgency said on Monday. The helicopter, owned by air charter company Khorasan Cargo Airlines, ma More… |
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Kerry makes unannounced visit to AfghanistanUS Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a US official said. Kerry and Karzai will discuss a host of issues including Afghan reconciliation, the tra More… |
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Saudi to build $100m Islamic centre in KabulSaudi Arabia will build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said yesterday, describing the project as “grand and unique”. Estimated to cost up to $ More… |
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Saudi to build $100m Islamic centre in KabulSaudi Arabia will build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said yesterday, describing the project as “grand and unique”. Estimated to cost up to $ More… |
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Safi Airways to start Kabul-Bahrain flightsLeading international airline of Afghanistan, Safi Airways, aims to increase its presence in the region with a new flight between Kabul and Bahrain, bringing its number in the Middle East destinations to three. Scheduled to commence operat More… |
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Safi to launch new internal flightsSafi Airways has announced that it will launch two new internal flights in Afghanistan, starting 16 June. The domestic services will operate from Kabul to Herat on a daily basis, and thrice a week from Kabul to Kandahar. The route More… |
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Obama swoops into Kabul; signs key pactUS President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to Afghanistan and signing a strategic pact with Kabul on Wednesday. He also delivered an election-year message to Americans that the war is More… |
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Gulf Air, Safi Airways sign codeshare agreementThe national carrier of Bahrain, Gulf Air, has signed a codeshare agreement with Afghanistan’s international carrier Safi Airways on its Kabul to Bahrain route, starting April 23. Under the agreement, both airlines will jointly market and More… |
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Kabul fights end with explosions, heavy gunfireHeavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul ended on Monday after 18 hours of intense gunfire, rocket attacks and explosions, police and government officials said. &n More… |
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Gunmen attack embassies, parliament in KabulGunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said. More… |
