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2 Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban attack on military base
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 9 (ANI): At least two security force personnel were killed and three others were wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Andar district of Ghazni, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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5 killed, 18 abducted in mosque attack in Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Sunday confirmed that five worshippers were killed and 18 others abducted when gunmen attacked a congregational mosque in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
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1 killed, scores abducted in north Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], November 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of unidentified gunmen attacked a community in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, killing one person and abducting scores of others, local police said Saturday.
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Iraq: 7 security men killed in attack by gunmen
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of seven security men were killed on Saturday in an attack by gunmen, believed to be militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, in the province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said.
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Gunmen storm Kabul University following explosion near campus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 2 (ANI): An explosion and gunfight took place near Kabul University, following which three gunmen even barged into the institution, while the inauguration of a book exhibition was underway on Monday, said sources.
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Boko Haram gunmen attack community in NE Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], October 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Suspected members of the Boko Haram on Saturday attacked a community in Yobe state, northeastern Nigeria, according to local police Sunday.
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Gunmen kill 12 villagers in north Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kaduna [Nigeria], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of unidentified gunmen have attacked two villages in the Giwa area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 12 people and injuring scores others, a police source told Xinhua on Sunday.
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Famous Baloch singer shot dead in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], October 10 (ANI): In another incident of lawlessness in Pakistan, unidentified gunmen shot dead a popular local singer and father of a human rights activist in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, police said.
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Pakistani lady health worker shot dead in Waziristan by gunmen
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Waziristan [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): In yet another example of lawlessness in Pakistan, a lady health worker was shot dead by unidentified attackers in an incident of targeted killing in Mirali sub-division of North Waziristan tribal district on Monday.
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District official in Afghanistan's Paktika province killed by gunmen
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Unknown gunmen in Afghanistan's Paktika province have shot dead Dad Mohammad Etemadi, the executive director of the Yusuf Khel district, Shah Mohammad Aryan, a spokesman for the Paktika police chief, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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2 killed in firing in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI/ Xinhua): Two people were killed and three others injured in firing by unknown gunmen in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Tuesday night, police sources said.
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Gunmen kill 6 French nationals in Niger
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Niamey [Niger], Aug 10 (ANI): Gunmen killed six French aid workers, a Nigerian guide, and a driver in a wildlife park on Sunday, informed officials.
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