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Taliban kill 1, injure 4 police officers in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI/Sputnik): One police officer has been killed and four others were injured at a checkpoint in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar in an attack by the Taliban, the provincial governor's spokesman, Abdul Ghani Mosamim, told Sputnik on Monday.
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Lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan only after govt implements 'Islamic' syst
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 12 (ANI): A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the government system in the country becomes 'Islamic', Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing peace talks in Doha on Saturday.
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Motorbike bombing at wedding party kills 4, wounds 8 in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Khost [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed and eight others injured as a motorbike bomb struck a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Haider Adel said Friday.
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Turkey discontented with sentences in Khashoggi murder case: Presidential
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey is dissatisfied with the sentences in the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder case, presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said.
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Berlin reluctant to name specific dates for concluding Brexit deal: Spokes
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Berlin would rather not set any specific dates for the European Union's trade agreement with London and supports the EU's chief Brexit negotiator in his efforts to reach a deal, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday.
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Chinese Foreign Minister to embark on week-long European tour from August
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France and Germany as part of his European tour from August 25 to September 1, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday.
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IAEA chief to visit Tehran today: Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, will arrive in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday evening and meet with the country's top officials on the following day, including President Hassan Rouhani
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2 Afghan security forces members wounded in IED explosion in Helmand provi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Aug 23 (ANI): At least two Afghan security forces members were wounded on Sunday evening in an IED explosion in Lashkargah city, Helmand province, the provincial governor's spokesman Omar Zwak said.
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Pakistan should hand over Dawood Ibrahim to India: Shahnawaz Hussain
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday said that Pakistan should hand over Dawood Ibrahim to India.
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One killed, three injured in Afghanistan's Kapisa after mortar mine strike
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kapisa [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): At least one person was killed while three others were injured as a mortar mine fired by terrorists struck a house in the eastern Kapisa province on Friday, Xinhua reported citing police spokesman in the restive province, Shaeq Shurash.
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Saudi-led coalition forces destroy missile fired by Houthis
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 17 (ANI): The Saudi-led coalition has intercepted and destroyed a missile launched by the Shia rebel Houthi from Yemen in the direction of Saudi Arabia, Sputnik reported citing the coalition's spokesman, Turki al-Maliki.
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China sanctions 11 US officials in response to Hong Kong sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): China imposed sanctions on the US in response to the restrictions imposed by Washington over an alleged effort to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, said Monday.
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