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Lone ISIS-K bomber carried out Kabul airport attack, says US military
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The US military on Friday (local time) said that a single Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) bomber killed 13 American troops and at least 170 Afghans at Kabul airport last August.
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Kabul Airport bombing was single blast, no gunshots fired, says Pentagon i
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A US investigation report into the Islamic State-Khorasan's suicide bombing at the Kabul airport which took place last year in August found that the attack was a single blast and no one was killed by gunfire from the US or Afghan troops, reported Sputnik.
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Three civilians killed when IS leader detonated explosive device in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Three civilians were killed as a result of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group, detonating an explosive device during a US raid against him in Syria, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday,
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Top Republican vows to press Austin, Blinken at secret briefing on conduct
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Jim Inhofe, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday (local time) vowed to press US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a classified briefing scheduled for Wednesday on any plans to carry out ove
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US urges coalition allies to improve 'secure' detention of IS fighters aft
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington urges its coalition partners in Syria to enhance secure detention of Islamic State fighters and repatriate their nationals and other detainees remaining in the northeast of the Arab republic, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on M
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Over 500 Islamic State terrorists surrender in Syrian Al-Hasakah after pri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Up to 550 terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia) surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the Al-Sina'a prison break in the Syrian city of Al-Hasakah, the SDF reported on Tuesday.
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Roadside bomb blast kills 4 soldiers in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Four Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the northern province of Kirkuk, a provincial security source said.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Afghan city of Herat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 24 (ANI): Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, media reports said on Sunday.
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Pakistan security forces seize huge cache of weapons in South Waziristan p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sarwakai [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): Pakistan Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sarwakai area of South Waziristan district and recovered a huge cache of weapons in the process.
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Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants' jailbreak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Syria's Hasakah Province.
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IS militants attack Kurdish prison in NE Syria: report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked a Kurdish-run prison in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah in an attempt to free IS inmates, a war monitor reported.
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Former IS-K chief Asif Farooqi killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): Aslam Farooqi, the former chief of the Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K), was killed during a shootout in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, a media report said on Monday.
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