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1. A gunman shoot dead at least 100 people in Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan.
   2021-07-22 17:07:59 (First version)
2. Gunmen shoot dead at least 100 people in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province.
   2021-07-23 01:07:30 (Update)
3. Gunmen shoot and kill at least 100 people in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province.
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The Taliban claims to have captured the strategic city of Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. One of the group's spokesmen, Zabihullah Mujahid, says that the city was "under mujahideen control". Pakistan confirms the capture, saying that the Taliban removed the Afghan flag and raised theirs. The Afghan Ministry of Defense says that they were checking information. If this is confirmed by the Afghan government, it would be the latest territorial gain by the armed group.
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A spokesperson for Kandahar Province Governor Rohullah Khanzada says that the Taliban has captured the city of Kandahar.
2021-07-9

Thousands of people flee the northern Afghan city of Kunduz as heavy fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents nears the city. Heavy clashes are also reported in Kandahar and Baghlan Provinces.
2021-06-27

Three people are killed in a car bombing in Kandahar Province.
2021-03-27

The Afghan military recaptures Kandahar Province's Arghandab District, killing 200 Taliban members in the process.
2020-11-6

An explosion occurs in Zhari District, Kandahar, when a motorcycle hits a mine. One person is killed and another injured.
2020-09-7

Thirteen people are killed and two others injured after two bombs explode in Spin Boldak, Kandahar.
2020-08-28

At least four people are killed and another six injured by a roadside bomb exploding in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
2020-08-13

Afghan officials say that the Taliban destroyed highway bridges in Maidan Wardak Province, cutting off road traffic between the capital Kabul and the provinces of Ghazni, Zabul and Kandahar. Electricity was cut off in four provinces, and fighting was reported in Ghazni Province. At least ten Afghan police officers were killed. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in two weeks.
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According to the Defense Ministry, between 26 and 30 military personnel are dead and over 80 Taliban militants have been either killed or wounded amid intense fighting at a military base in Kandahar Province.
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