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          Central Asia

          The latest news, travel and business from countries in Central Asia - including developments from Afghanistan

          Afghan security personnel gather to leave the Khogyani district after a month long anti-Taliban operation in various parts of eastern Nangarhar province on August 30, 2015. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo

          Undeterred by death of leader, Taliban steps up campaign in Afghanistan

          WorldAugust 30, 2015

          Iran ‘enlists Afghan refugees as fighters to bolster Syria’s Bashar Al Assad’

          WorldAugust 26, 2015

          At least 11 dead in Afghan gas storage explosion

          WorldAugust 25, 2015
          Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack on a Nato convoy in Kabul on August 22, 2015, that killed at least 12 people. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo

          Nato contractors among 12 killed in Kabul bombing

          WorldAugust 22, 2015
          Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met in Ufa, Russia, on July 9, 2015, on the sidelines of a summit of the Brics emerging economies. Ria Novosti / AFP

          Iran may be India’s key to Central Asia

          WorldAugust 20, 2015
          Policemen stand at the site of a car bomb blast at the entrance gate to the Kabul airport. Ahmad Masood / Reuters

          Casualties feared after blast at Kabul airport checkpoint

          WorldAugust 10, 2015
          An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint on a roadside in Kabul on August 9. EPA

          Taliban bombing kills 22 in Afghanistan

          WorldAugust 09, 2015
          An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR

          Kabul bombings toll rises to 51

          WorldAugust 08, 2015
          An Afghan policeman is pictured at the site of a truck bomb blast in Kabul on August 7, 2015. Ahmad Masood/Reuters

          At least 35 killed in Kabul after multiple bombings

          WorldAugust 08, 2015

          Head of Taliban's Qatar office quits as leadership rift deepens

          WorldAugust 04, 2015
          Mullah Akhtar Mansour co-founded the Taliban but some members are believed to be unhappy with him and have rallied around former leader Mullah Omar’s son, Yaqoob, instead. Taliban Handout/Reuters

          Life and death of Mullah Omar cast a long shadow over Afghanistan

          WorldAugust 04, 2015
          An Afghan man holds a calendar bearing the images of Afghan leaders including the Taliban's late chief, Mullah Omar, bottom second left. Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo

          New Taliban leader already facing staunch internal resistance

          WorldAugust 01, 2015
          Hafiz Saeed, leader of Pakistan's religious group Jamaatud Dawa leads funeral prayers for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 30, 2015. Ahmed Ali/AP Photo

          Mullah Omar’s deputy to ‘succeed’ him as Taliban leader

          WorldJuly 30, 2015
          Undated photo of Mullah Omar, chief of the Taliban, who is reportedly dead. Afghan officials are investigating the claims. Photo by Getty Images

          Taliban’s one-eyed leader Mullah Omar ‘dead’

          WorldJuly 29, 2015
          An Afghan wounded teenager lies on a bed at a hospital in Puli Khumri, capital city of Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on July 27. A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left at least 20 people dead and many wounded, an official said. Jawed Basharat/AP Photo

          At least 21 dead in Afghan wedding massacre

          WorldJuly 27, 2015
          Afghan children playing with plastic guns as they celebrate Eid Al Fitr, on the outskirts of Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo

          Afghanistan bans toy guns to curb culture of violence

          WorldJuly 22, 2015
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