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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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1 Killed In Rocket Attack By Kuki Insurgents In Manipur's Valley Town Moirang: Police
An elderly man who was offering prayers was killed in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town today, the police said.
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Rockets Fired At Manipur's Valley District, 2 Buildings Damaged: Police
Suspected insurgents launched a rocket attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district this morning, damaging two structures, the police said. No one was injured. The rocket attack damaged a community hall and an empty room, the police said.
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Over 22,000 Afghan Families Flee From Kandahar, Once A Bastion Of Taliban
More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul.
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Kabul Airport Target Of Taliban Rocket Attack During Visit By Mattis
Insurgents fired mortars and detonated suicide vests Wednesday in an attack targeting Kabul's international airport during a visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and U.S. forces responded with an airstrike that inadvertently caused civilian casualties, authorities said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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Taliban Launch Spring Offensive With Rocket Attack on US Base
Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a US base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital today, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fighting.
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Damascus Rocket Attacks Kill 3 After Islam Army Warning
Rocket attacks killed three people in Damascus and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, state news agency SANA said, in what appeared to be the second heavy bombardment by insurgent group Islam Army in less than two weeks.
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UN Says Ukraine Attack 'Targeted Civilians' as Vladimir Putin Defiant
The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-Moscow insurgency.
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Eleven Ukraine Civilians Killed After Rocket Hits Bus
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east.
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Violence Marks Afghanistan President's First Month in Office
Suicide bombers, roadside bombs and rocket attacks on the Afghanistan capital have intensified in the one month since President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai took office as the Taliban are sending a message that they disapprove of his tough stance on ending the insurgency and close security ties with Washington, officials, analysts and the Taliban said.
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Eastern Ukrainians Flee as Army Suffers Losses
Ukraine's president vowed vengeance in blood after 19 troops were killed in an insurgent rocket attack Friday, and residents of the rebel-held city of Donetsk began fleeing in large numbers for fear of a government siege.
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Taliban Rocket Destroys Afghan President's Helicopter
Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul airport on Thursday, destroying the Afghan president's parked helicopter and damaging three other choppers, officials said, in an attack that underlined security fears in the capital.
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Taliban Fire Rockets at Kabul Airport
Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul international airport on Thursday, setting a hanger ablaze but no casualties were reported, officials said, in an attack that underlined security fears in the Afghan capital.
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Kabul under attack: Taliban fires rockets at US Embassy
Kabul under attack: Insurgents launched a complex assault against the United States Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting the heavily guarded compounds with rockets in an assault that raised new questions about the security of Afghanistan's capital and the Westerners working there.
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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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1 Killed In Rocket Attack By Kuki Insurgents In Manipur's Valley Town Moirang: Police
An elderly man who was offering prayers was killed in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town today, the police said.
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Rockets Fired At Manipur's Valley District, 2 Buildings Damaged: Police
Suspected insurgents launched a rocket attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district this morning, damaging two structures, the police said. No one was injured. The rocket attack damaged a community hall and an empty room, the police said.
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Over 22,000 Afghan Families Flee From Kandahar, Once A Bastion Of Taliban
More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul.
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Kabul Airport Target Of Taliban Rocket Attack During Visit By Mattis
Insurgents fired mortars and detonated suicide vests Wednesday in an attack targeting Kabul's international airport during a visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and U.S. forces responded with an airstrike that inadvertently caused civilian casualties, authorities said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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Taliban Launch Spring Offensive With Rocket Attack on US Base
Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a US base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital today, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fighting.
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Damascus Rocket Attacks Kill 3 After Islam Army Warning
Rocket attacks killed three people in Damascus and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, state news agency SANA said, in what appeared to be the second heavy bombardment by insurgent group Islam Army in less than two weeks.
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UN Says Ukraine Attack 'Targeted Civilians' as Vladimir Putin Defiant
The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-Moscow insurgency.
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Eleven Ukraine Civilians Killed After Rocket Hits Bus
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east.
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Violence Marks Afghanistan President's First Month in Office
Suicide bombers, roadside bombs and rocket attacks on the Afghanistan capital have intensified in the one month since President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai took office as the Taliban are sending a message that they disapprove of his tough stance on ending the insurgency and close security ties with Washington, officials, analysts and the Taliban said.
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Eastern Ukrainians Flee as Army Suffers Losses
Ukraine's president vowed vengeance in blood after 19 troops were killed in an insurgent rocket attack Friday, and residents of the rebel-held city of Donetsk began fleeing in large numbers for fear of a government siege.
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Taliban Rocket Destroys Afghan President's Helicopter
Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul airport on Thursday, destroying the Afghan president's parked helicopter and damaging three other choppers, officials said, in an attack that underlined security fears in the capital.
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Taliban Fire Rockets at Kabul Airport
Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul international airport on Thursday, setting a hanger ablaze but no casualties were reported, officials said, in an attack that underlined security fears in the Afghan capital.
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Kabul under attack: Taliban fires rockets at US Embassy
Kabul under attack: Insurgents launched a complex assault against the United States Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting the heavily guarded compounds with rockets in an assault that raised new questions about the security of Afghanistan's capital and the Westerners working there.
