03 March 2026
Kart-e-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan

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Kabul launches probe into Afghan-Tajik border clashes

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KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said on Saturday they were working with neighbouring Tajikistan to investigate a border clash earlier this week that killed five people, including two Tajik gu...