National Directorate of Security
Turkey helps senior Afghan officials leave country
Turkey helped a number of senior former Afghan government officials leave the country after the capital Kabul fell to the Taliban.
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As the turmoil gripped the country, Ankara made arrangements to repatriate Turkish citizens from Afghanistan.
As part of those plans, a plane belonging to Turkish Airlines was dispatched to Kabul to airlift Turkish citizens.
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Afghan government selects negotiators for talks with Taliban
Afghanistan's government late on March 26 announced a 21-member team to negotiate with the Taliban in a tentative sign of progress for the United States-brokered peace deal.
Kabul attack death toll more than doubles to 64
The death toll from a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul has more than doubled to 64, officials said April 20, making it the deadliest militant assault in the Afghan capital for years.
The brazen attack on April 19 on a security services office in the heart of Kabul is seen as the opening salvo in this year's Taliban spring offensive, launched last week.
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Afghan Taliban attack central Kabul, at least 28 dead
A major Taliban suicide bomb and gun attack on a government security office in central Kabul during rush hour on April 19 killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 320, a week after the militant group announced a spring offensive.
Taliban seize half of major Afghan city
The Taliban Sept. 28 seized half of an Afghan provincial capital, sending panicked residents fleeing as the hardline Islamists for the first time breached a major city since being ousted from power in 2001.
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Taliban fighters detonate truck bombs in Afghanistan, killing 18, wounding 150
Taliban insurgents detonated two powerful truck bombs outside the office of Afghanistan's spy agency and a police compound in the central town of Ghazni on Sept. 4, killing 18 people and wounding around 150, the provincial governor said.