Taliban today levelled astinging verbal attack on the United Nations, which isrelocating 600 foreign staff in Afghanistan after the militiaattacked one of its guesthouses in Kabul.In a statement on its website, the Taliban accused theUnited Nations of "suppressing and oppressing" Muslims whilesupporting "arrogant invaders".The UN decision to temporarily withdraw 600 foreignstaff -- more than 50 per...
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Kabul, Nov 5: The United Nations has decided to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse, a spokesman said on Thursday, Nov 5."The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff This is to ensure the safety of all our staff in Afghanistan."According to him, nearly all the 600 employees will leave the country and small number...
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United Nations is to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said today."Around 600 non-Afghan staff will be temporarily relocated," Dan McNorton told AFP."The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staffThis is to ensure the safety of all our staff in Afghanistan."Nearly all the 600 will leave...
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United Nations is to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said Thursday."Around 600 non-Afghan staff will be temporarily relocated," Dan McNorton told AFP."The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff This is to ensure the safety of all our staff in Afghanistan."Nearly all the 600 will leave...
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expressed shock over the Taliban attack on the UN Foreign Office in Kabul that had claimed the lives of six US staff.Speaking at the Meet-the-Press Programme, organised by Bangalore Press Club, he said the incident was shocking and the Indian Government conveyed its sympathies to the family of those killed.Taliban militants killed six UN foreign staff in an assault on an international guest-house in...
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Taliban attack kills eight policemen in Afghanistan < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateDozens of Taliban fighters stormed a security post in southern Afghanistan and killed eight policemen, a senior provincial official said Monday.Three other police were injured when the militants attacked their post in Arghandab district of the southern province of Kandahar, the erstwhile birthplace of the Taliban movement,...
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authorities have arrested six people in connection with a deadly Taliban attack against a guesthouse for UN staff in the capital Kabul, the head of the national intelligence service said today."Six people have been arrested and we have handed them over to the judicial authorities," Amrullah Salih told a press conference in Kabul.Salih said it had been confirmed that three suicide attackers who carried...
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Helicopter gunships shelled militant hide-outs in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 suspected fighters after a Taliban attack left two paramilitary soldiers dead at an outpost in the area.The assault on the outpost in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal areas, was the latest staged by militants in retaliation for an army offensive against the Taliban's main stronghold in Pakistan's...
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bloody wave of terror strikes continued in Pakistan as two separate suicide attacks hit the country, in Rawalpindi and Lahore, killing at least 36 people and injuring 39 Monday. The attacks come five days after a massive explosion in Peshawar's Meena Bazar killed over 110 people.The first suicide attack was in Rawalpindi, close to a luxury hotel and a bank. At least 34 people were killed and 32 injured...
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: The bloody wave of terror strikes continued in Pakistan as two separate suicide attacks hit the country, in Rawalpindi and Lahore, killing at least 36 people and injuring 39 Monday. The attacks come five days after a massive explosion in Peshawar's Meena Bazar killed over 110 people.The first suicide attack was in Rawalpindi, close to a luxury hotel and a bank. At least 34 people were killed and...
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