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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
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91 Insurgents Killed, 34 Villages Cleared in Nangarhar — TOLOnews
By Sonil Haidari
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At least 91 Taliban insurgents have been killed in a large-scale
military operation in three districts of eastern Nangarhar province
over the past two weeks, local officials said on Saturday.
In addition; 62 Taliban insurgents were injured and 11 others
arrested, including a Pakistani. "
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The operation was launched in Hesarak, Sherzad and Khoghyani
districts of the province which border with Pakistan. The operation
was launched to clear insurgents and will continue for a month, a
spokesman for Nangarhar Police Chief, Hazrat Hussian Mashriqiwal
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"The insurgents have been targeted by ground and air forces,"
Mashriqiwal said. "The forces have also‘re—opened the road through
Sherzad and Hesarak district — after insurgents closed it off three
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