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    <text>Aftermath of the 2021 Taliban offensive and Fall of Kabul</text>
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    <date>2021-08-22</date>
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    <text>Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott announces that the network has evacuated 24 people from Afghanistan, including three Afghan nationals who assisted with the network's coverage of the war. </text>
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      <text>The Taliban captures the ninth provincial capital in six days, seizing Fayzabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province, amid a rapid advance in northern Afghanistan. The capture came as President Ashraf Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. The jihadist group also took control of Kunduz Airport, after hundreds of Afghan National Security Forces personnel in the area surrendered with all of their military equipment. </text>
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      <text>The Taliban captures the ninth provincial capital in six days, seizing Fayzabad, capital of Badakhshan Province amid a speedy advance in the north. The capture came as President Ashraf Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. The jihadist group also took control of Kunduz Airport, after hundreds of Afghan National Security Forces personnel in the area surrendered with all their military equipment. </text>
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      <text>The Taliban captures the eighth provincial capital in days, seizing Faizabad, capital of Badakhshan Province amid a speedy advance in the north. The capture came as President Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. </text>
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    <text>The Taliban captures its ninth provincial capital in six days, seizing Fayzabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province, amid a rapid advance in northern Afghanistan. The capture comes as President Ashraf Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. The jihadist group also takes control of Kunduz Airport, after hundreds of Afghan National Security Forces personnel in the area surrender with all of their military equipment. </text>
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      <text>Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 more are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. </text>
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      <text>Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 more are wounded as a bomb explodes inside a mosque in Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody claims responsibility. </text>
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      <text>Twelve people are killed and 15 more are wounded as a bomb explodes inside a mosque in Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The imam of the mosque is among the dead. The Taliban denies responsibility for the attack. </text>
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    <text>Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. </text>
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      <text>U.S. President Joe Biden says he plans to withdraw the remaining American troops in Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. The United States also reiterates its support for the Afghan government against the Taliban, which declines to comment on the apparent change from its previously-agreed deadline of May 1. </text>
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      <date>2021-04-13</date>
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      <text>US President Joe Biden says he plans to withdraw remaining US troops in Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. The United States also reiterates its support for the Afghan government against the Taliban, which declines to comment on the apparent change from its previously-agreed deadline of May 1. </text>
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    <text>U.S. President Joe Biden says that he plans to withdraw all remaining American troops in Afghanistan by September 11. The United States also reiterates its support for the Afghan government against the Taliban, which declines to comment on the apparent change from the previously-agreed deadline of May 1. </text>
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      <text>Fourteen rockets strike Kabul, wounding ten people. The rockets mostly struck the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, which the Taliban has denied responsibility for. </text>
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      <text>Fourteen rockets strike Kabul, wounding ten people. They mostly strike the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, which the Taliban has denied responsibility for. </text>
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      <text>14 rockets strike Kabul, wounding ten people. They mostly strike the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, which the Taliban has denied responsibility for. </text>
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      <date>2020-08-18</date>
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      <text> Fourteen rockets strike Kabul, wounding 10. They mostly strike the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, which the Taliban has denied responsibility for. </text>
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      <date>2020-08-18</date>
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      <text> 14 rockets strike Kabul, wounding 10. The rockets mostly struck the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. 2 suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, and the Taliban has denied responsibility. </text>
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    <date>2020-08-18</date>
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    <text>14 rockets strike Kabul, wounding ten people. The rockets mostly struck the diplomatic &quot;Green Zone&quot;, which is home to several embassies and the NATO Resolute Support headquarters. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack, which the Taliban has denied responsibility for. </text>
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    <date>2019-09-23</date>
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    <text>Afghan officials say a government strike Sunday night on a militant facility in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed 35 or more civilians at a wedding party nearby. The Afghan Defence Ministry says the operation targeted a training facility for suicide bombers and it killed 22 members of the Taliban. The Taliban say 18 members of the Afghan forces were killed. </text>
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    <text>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. </text>
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    <text>At least one Afghan is killed and seven American soldiers wounded in an &quot;insider attack&quot; at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. An earlier report that Americans had been killed is incorrect. The Taliban claims responsibility. </text>
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    <text>At least 39 people are killed and more than 70, including the groom, are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. Television appeals are transmitted for blood donations. </text>
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  <text>2021 Taliban offensive</text>
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