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Afghanistan: Taliban fighters overrun district headquarters in Faryab; two
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Faryab [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): At least two policemen were killed after Taliban fighters overran a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Faryab province on Sunday, said an Afghan official.
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Twin terror attacks repulsed by Libyan forces in Sirte
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 6 (ANI):Two terror attacks - one by Daesh fighters and another by forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar were repulsed by the forces loyal to Libya's Tripoli-based UN-backed unity government in the north-central city of Sirte.
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ISIS Khurasan beheads 10 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group's offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, have beheaded 10 Taliban fighters in the northern Jawzjan province.
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U.S.-led coalition shoots down Syrian warplane
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [U.S.], June 19 (ANI): A U.S. plane has shot down a Syrian military aircraft that dropped bombs near U.S.-backed fighters in Syria.
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Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 19 (ANI): Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said that it launched several missiles into Syria, targeting Islamic State fighters in retaliation for the attacks in Tehran on June 7.
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39 Indian hostages in Iraq's Mosul alive:MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that 39 Indians taken hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul by the fighters aligned to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014 are alive.
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Pentagon agrees to USD 12 billion jet deal with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 15 (ANI): The Gulf region may be in throes of a major diplomatic crisis, with several countries cutting off ties with Qatar owing to its reported support for terror-related intiatives, but this has not stopped Doha from arriving at an agreement with the
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Pentagon strikes USD 12 billion jet deal with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], June 15 (ANI): As Qatar faces regional isolation due to the ongoing diplomatic rift with its Middle-Eastern neighbours, the United States confirmed the sale of F-15 fighters worth USD 12 billion to Qatar, according to CNN.
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Afghanistan: 5 killed as suicide bomber targets breakaway Taliban faction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 14 (ANI): Five people were killed and four other wounded after a suicide car bomber targeted a group of fighters from the splinter Taliban group led by Mullah Abdul Rasoul in Gereshk district in Helmand, Afghanistan on Wednesday.
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More than 60 killed in Al Shabaab's attack in Somalia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 8 (ANI): More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in Somalia after heavily armed Al-Shabab fighters stormed a military base in the country's semiautonomous state of Puntland, local media reports said.
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Chennai's Silks Building starts collapsing as fire rages on
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 1 (ANI): Chennai's Silks Building has started collapsing after the fire fighters found it hard to douse the flames for more than 24 hours. Heavy plumes of smoke have engulfed the area.
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U.S. starts delivering arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Despite opposition from Turkey, the United States has started delivering military equipment to the Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including small arms and vehicles, as part of an effort to take the Islamic State-controlled cit
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