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At least four evacuee flights stuck at airport for days as Taliban prevent take off
•While the reason is yet to be ascertained, the Republican have called it a hostage situation and airport officials have said many of the evacuees do not have the right documents
India set to evacuate diplomats from Mazar-e-Sharif after Taliban takes control of six Afghan provincial capitals
Fp Staff •The insurgents now have their eyes on Mazar-e-Sharif, whose fall would signal the total collapse of government control in a region that has traditionally been anti-Taliban
Taliban seize sixth provincial capital following weekend blitz; 579 terrorists killed in 24 hrs, says Afghan defence ministry
Fp Staff •Insurgents entered Aibak without a fight after community elders pleaded with officials to spare the city from more violence following weeks of clashes on the outskirts
In ultra-conservative Afghanistan, all-female 'Free to Run' group discovers freedom in running
•'I feel powerful when I run' In war-torn and ultra-conservative Afghanistan, women find freedom in running. READ:
Three US troops wounded after Afghan soldier opens fire on base; gunned down
•At least three US troops were wounded on Saturday when an Afghan soldier opened fire at them at a military base in northern Afghanistan
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 survivors recount horror after Taliban attack at military base kills over 100 soldiers
•Survivors of a deadly Taliban assault on an Afghan military base described leaping from windows to escape gunmen shooting soldiers as they prayed, as grieving families on Saturday collected coffins draped in the Afghan flag.
Taliban kills more than 100 Afghan troops in army base attack; days after US dropped MOAB
•More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Saturday.
Afghanistan: 4 killed in Taliban claimed attack on German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif
•The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for Nato air strikes in a village near Kunduz city in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Attack on German consulate by Taliban in Mazar-i-Sharif leaves four dead, over 100 injured
Fp Staff •A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan's northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, killing at least two people.