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FILE - In this May 8, 2021 file photo, Afghan men try to identify the dead bodies at a hospital after a bomb explosion near a school west of Kabul, Afghanistan. In a report released Monday, July 26, 2021, the United Nations said that more women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in any year since the UN began keeping count in 2009. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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UN: Casualty numbers up for women, children in Afghanistan

by Rahim Faiez Associated PressJuly 26, 2021

An Afghan security person takes position in front of a prison after an attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. An Islamic State group attack on the prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing people in fighting overnight, a local official said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan forces retake prison after deadly IS attack

by Rahmat Gul Associated Press, and Rahim Faiez Associated PressAugust 3, 2020

A mother breastfeeds her two-day-old baby at the Ataturk Children's Hospital a day after they were rescued from a deadly attack on another maternity hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Militants stormed the Barchi National Maternity Hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing tens of people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses, Afghan officials said. (AP...

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Maternity clinic death toll up to 24

by Rahim Faiez Associated PressMay 13, 2020

Afghan policemen comfort a man after an attack on a maternity hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Militants stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing over a dozen people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Militants kill 16 at maternity clinic in Afghan capital

by Rahim Faiez Associated PressMay 12, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2019, file photo, an Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.. Goble, a U.S. Special Forces soldier who died in Afghanistan this week, was seizing a Taliban weapons cache when he was killed, the U.S. military said Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Taliban council OKs cease-fire

by Kathy Gannon Associated Press, and Rahim Faiez Associated PressDecember 29, 2019

Afghanistan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during the first presidential election debate at the Ariana TV building, a private TV station, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani cancelled his first electoral debate with his main electoral rival, Abdullah Abdullah, the country's chief executive. Both men are partners in the national unity government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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US service member dies in action in Afghanistan

by Rahim Faiez Associated PressSeptember 16, 2019

Afghan firefighters and journalists work at the site of Monday's suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The attack occurred late Monday near the the Green Village, home to several international organizations and guesthouses. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Bombing mars report of peace deal

by Rahim Faiez Associated Press, and Cara Anna Associated PressSeptember 3, 2019

Damage of the Dubai City wedding hall is seen after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday. A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night.

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Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

by Rahim Faiez Associated Press, and Cara Anna Associated PressAugust 19, 2019

Afghan Muslims greet each other after offering Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Muslim people in the country celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by slaughtering sheep, goats and cows whose meat will later be distributed to the poor.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Afghan leader rejects foreign interference as talks advance

by Rahim Faiez Associated Press, and Cara Anna Associated PressAugust 11, 2019

Afghans are seen through a shattered windshield of a transport bus after an explosion Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Taliban blast rocks Kabul

by Rahim Faiez Associated Press, and Cara Anna Associated PressAugust 7, 2019