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Afghanistan car bombing kills at least 30 security forces

A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members on Sunday, officials said, and casualties could increase given the intensity and location of the blast.

Roadside bomb blast kills 10 people in Afghanistan’s Ghazni: Officials

At least ten people, including four women and a child, have lost their lives when a roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Ghazni, officials say.

Taliban launch assault in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province

The Taliban have destroyed a number of bridges and have set up checkpoints in Ghazni province in a bid to gain control over a vital highway linking Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul to the southern areas of the country.

120 Afghans killed in battle with Taliban

Four days of ferocious fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital has claimed the lives of about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians, the defense minister said Monday.

Taliban militants attempt to seize Afghanistan's Ghazni

The Taliban militants have attacked the police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni amid their threats to seize control of the eastern Afghan city.

Officials: Afghan forces in control of Ghazni

Afghan officials said security forces were in control of the eastern city of Ghazni on Saturday, more than a day after Taliban terrorists launched a major onslaught on the provincial capital and as reinforcements continued a clearance operation targeting the terrorists.

Taliban storm Ghazni; Afghan forces beat terrorists back

Heavily armed Taliban terrorists attacked the strategic central Afghan city of Ghazni on Friday, burning police checkpoints and seizing control of parts of the center before being driven back, officials said.

Afghan forces kill at least 31 Taliban militants in Ghazni

At least 31 Taliban militants have been killed during clashes with Afghan security forces in the central province of Ghazni.

Six Afghan children killed in fighting

As many as six children were killed in fighting near the central Afghan city of Ghazni on Friday but there were conflicting accounts of how they died, with officials blaming the Taliban and others saying they died in an air strike by Afghan forces.

Afghan official says Taliban attacks have killed three soldiers

An Afghan official said Taliban insurgents have targeted military checkpoints in eastern Ghazni province in two separate attacks, killing three Afghan soldiers.

Taliban attacks Afghanistan's Ghazni from three directions

Taliban militants have launched an attack from three directions on parts of the central-eastern Afghan city of Ghazni.

Taliban pulls back from Kunduz amid clashes in Ghazni

The Taliban says its militants are retreating from the northern city of Kunduz, which fell to the militant group briefly late last month.