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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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In Kabul Classroom Bombing No Group Has Yet Claimed Responsibility: Taliban
After dozens of Afghans were killed in a deadly attack on the Kaj educational center in Kabul, Taliban said that it was an act carried out by "evil circles on mosques, educational centers, and other public places".
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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ISIS Claim Responsibility For Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency said on Friday.
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"Heard Sound Of Firing": Shock At 2nd Mosque Attack In Afghanistan In A Week
Sardar Mohammad Zaidi, imam of the Fatima mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, had almost reached the end of Friday prayers when gunfire and explosions signalled the start of the second attack on a Shi'ite mosque in a week.
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41 Killed, 70 Injured In Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, witnesses said, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores more.
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Suicide Bomber Attack On Afghan Mosque "Enormous Tragedy": US
The US has condemned the suicide bomber attack on a mosque in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 46 people, saying it is an "enormous tragedy" and people of that country deserve better.
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ISIS Claims Suicide Blast At Afghanistan Mosque That Killed 55
A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Kabul Mosque Blast
The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack near a Kabul mosque, hours after the Taliban said they had destroyed an IS sleeper cell in the Afghan capital.
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Taliban Say ISIS Cell Destroyed After Mosque Attack In Kabul
The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a suspected ISIS attack on a mosque killed five people.
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12 Dead In Mosque Blast Near Kabul, Shattering Ceasefire Calm: Police
At least 12 people were killed in a mosque blast on the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Friday, shattering the calm on the second day of a holiday ceasefire between the warring Taliban and government forces.
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"Come On Here": How Hero Refugee, 48, Chased Away New Zealand Gunman
When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the attacker armed with the only weapon he could find -- a hand-held credit card machine.
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More Than 50 Killed In Explosion At East Afghanistan Mosque
An explosion at a mosque used as a voter centre in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Sunday killed at least 17 people and wounded 34, local officials said, in the latest attack on preparations for long-delayed parliamentary elections.
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6 Civilians, 1 Policeman Killed, 15 Injured In Kabul Suicide Attack
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least seven people in an attack on a crowd gathered to commemorate a political leader from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority, officials said.
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Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 72 At 2 Mosques In Afghanistan's Kabul
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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In Kabul Classroom Bombing No Group Has Yet Claimed Responsibility: Taliban
After dozens of Afghans were killed in a deadly attack on the Kaj educational center in Kabul, Taliban said that it was an act carried out by "evil circles on mosques, educational centers, and other public places".
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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ISIS Claim Responsibility For Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency said on Friday.
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"Heard Sound Of Firing": Shock At 2nd Mosque Attack In Afghanistan In A Week
Sardar Mohammad Zaidi, imam of the Fatima mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, had almost reached the end of Friday prayers when gunfire and explosions signalled the start of the second attack on a Shi'ite mosque in a week.
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41 Killed, 70 Injured In Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, witnesses said, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores more.
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Suicide Bomber Attack On Afghan Mosque "Enormous Tragedy": US
The US has condemned the suicide bomber attack on a mosque in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 46 people, saying it is an "enormous tragedy" and people of that country deserve better.
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ISIS Claims Suicide Blast At Afghanistan Mosque That Killed 55
A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Kabul Mosque Blast
The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack near a Kabul mosque, hours after the Taliban said they had destroyed an IS sleeper cell in the Afghan capital.
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Taliban Say ISIS Cell Destroyed After Mosque Attack In Kabul
The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a suspected ISIS attack on a mosque killed five people.
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12 Dead In Mosque Blast Near Kabul, Shattering Ceasefire Calm: Police
At least 12 people were killed in a mosque blast on the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Friday, shattering the calm on the second day of a holiday ceasefire between the warring Taliban and government forces.
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"Come On Here": How Hero Refugee, 48, Chased Away New Zealand Gunman
When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the attacker armed with the only weapon he could find -- a hand-held credit card machine.
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More Than 50 Killed In Explosion At East Afghanistan Mosque
An explosion at a mosque used as a voter centre in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Sunday killed at least 17 people and wounded 34, local officials said, in the latest attack on preparations for long-delayed parliamentary elections.
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6 Civilians, 1 Policeman Killed, 15 Injured In Kabul Suicide Attack
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least seven people in an attack on a crowd gathered to commemorate a political leader from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority, officials said.
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Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 72 At 2 Mosques In Afghanistan's Kabul
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.
