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Taliban step up violence as Afghanistan pushes for peace talks

Smoke rises from an Afghan police district headquarters building after a suicide car bomb attack as a gun battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces continues in Kabul on March 1, 2017. (AFP) Explosions and gunfire echoed through Kabul after near simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds, as the insurgents ramp up attacks even before the start of their annual spring offensive. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR

Amin Alemi
Press TV, Kabul

The Taliban militant group has ramped up attacks against the Afghan government forces across the country. Several deadly attacks have hit the capital Kabul and the southern province of Helmand in the past week.

 

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