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Relatives gather next to the coffin of a soldier killed in an ambush in northern Takhar province that was blamed on the Taliban. AFP
Relatives gather next to the coffin of a soldier killed in an ambush in northern Takhar province that was blamed on the Taliban. AFP12 killed following an air strike in Takhar, Afghanistan
The air strike took place after Takhar’s deputy police and nearly 50 security force members were killed in clashes with the Taliban
The National
October 22, 2020