Afghan troops have killed 18 insurgents, injuring 25 others in the country's southern Kandahar province, the former stronghold of Taliban.
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Afghan troops kill 18 insurgents
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Troops kill 130 insurgents in Afghanistan
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Nato troops kill unarmed Afghans
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Afghan president says 18 people killed in NATO airstrike were civilians
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An avalanche killed at least 30 people in Afghanistan
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Afghan security forces kill 50 Taliban
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Pakistani troops kill 21 militants at Afghan border
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Suicide bomber in southern afghanistan kills eight:
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Five soldiers, 31 rebels killed in Sri Lanka
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12 insurgents, Afghan woman killed:
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Taliban militants capture remote town from Afghan government
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NATO soldier, civilians killed in Afghanistan
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Thai marines kill 17 insurgents in repelling attack on base
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Afghan, coalition forces capture Taliban weapons facilitator in Nangarhar
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ISAF confirms 'approximately 20 insurgents' breached Camp Bastion
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Pakistan moves troops into Taliban stronghold
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20 killed in suicide attack in northeast Afghanistan