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Downtown Kabul hit by rocket barrage

A series of loud explosions rocked central Kabul on Saturday, including several rockets that landed near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where many embassies and international firms are located, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but the blasts occurred in densely populated areas of the Afghan capital. …

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UN Official Says Al-Qaeda Still Close To Taliban In Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has maintained close ties with the Taliban despite the Taliban’s assurances to the United States to sever ties with the group, a senior UN official said. “High-level figures remain in Afghanistan, as well as hundreds of armed operatives,” Edmund Fitton-Brown, coordinator of the United Nations monitoring …

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