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    Parliament alerted on massive Taliban raid

    KABUL (PAN): The Afghan spy service has alerted the Meshrano Jirga, upper house, against a possible coordinated Taliban assault that has been planned in Pakistan, a senator said on Wednesday.



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    4 rebels killed in Surkhrod police encounter

    JALALABAD (PAN): Four insurgents were killed and two others wounded during a clash with police in Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday.



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    Dostum supporters rally against governor

    SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Hundreds of supporters of Abdul Rashid Dostum, the Uzbek community leader, on Wednesday protested against the provincial governor in northern Jawzjan province.



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    Dubbins leads US talks with Taliban in Doha

    WASHINGTON (PAN): Leading a team of officials, Ambassador James Dobbins, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is heading to Qatar on Tuesday to begin talks with the Taliban on their reconciliation with the Afghan government, an official said.



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    Taliban kill 4 US troops before Doha talks

    KABUL (PAN): Four American soldiers were killed when Taliban insurgents fired two rockets into the Bagram airbase in central Parwan province, the rebels claimed on Wednesday.



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    Lawmaker among 28 dead in blast near Mardan

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A lawmaker was among 28 others died when a suicide bomber attacked participants of a funeral prayer in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)province on Tuesday, officials said.



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    Karzai warns against exploitation of Afghanistan

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar must not become a tool for a third country's exploitation of Afghanistan, as he announced sending peace envoys to the Gulf state.



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    2 Taliban operatives killed by own bomb

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Two members of the Taliban were killed when one of the two roadside bombs they were planting exploded prematurely in the Buldak district of southern Kandahar province, the governor’s house said on Tuesday.



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    Airstrike pounds rebels planting bombs, 8 killed

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): An overnight airstrike by foreign troops killed eight suspected insurgents while planting roadside bombs on a key highway in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday.