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Afghan govt expresses doubts about prospective US-Taliban deal; says it needs 'more information about risks it poses'

The Afghan government expressed doubts about a prospective deal between the US and the Taliban, saying officials need more information about the risks it poses

US envoy briefs Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani on draft accord betwen US, Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has been briefed on a draft accord between the United States and the Taliban and will look at details of the deal before giving an opinion.

Amid peace talks with US, Taliban launches 'large scale' attack on Afghan city of Kunduz, takes hospital patients hostage

The Taliban were in control of the Kunduz hospital and both sides in the fighting had casualties, an official said but could not give exact number

Taliban storms police checkpoints, kills five security personnel in Aghanistan's Kunduz city

Five Afghan police personnel were killed and two others wounded in an attack by the Taliban in the country's northern province, an official said on Thursday.

Taliban kill 13 police in attack on checkpoint, says Afghan official

The Taliban killed 13 police in an attack on a checkpoint early today in the northern Kunduz province, an official said.

13 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province; military aircraft targeted gathering, says army official

A total of 13 militants have been confirmed killed in an airstike at a Taliban hideout in Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Sunday, an army official said.

Afghanistan: School destroyed, three children injured in airstrike by US-led forces in Kunduz province

At least three persons were injured when a school was destroyed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Saturday, an official said

Afghan families flee as Taliban take key northern district in offensive against govt forces

Hundreds of Afghan families have fled fighting between the Taliban and government forces near the northern city of Kunduz as the insurgents captured a strategic district soon after launching their annual spring offensive

Afghan forces kill 43 militants including 17 Islamic State fighters in multiple anti-terror ops

At least 43 militants including 17 Islamic State fighters were killed in military operations in Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday

Taliban captures key district, Sangin, in Southern Afghanistan

The Taliban captured a key district in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the country's north, an officer turned his rifle on sleeping colleagues, killing nine policemen, officials said.