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"Am Sure China Will Work Out Arrangement With Taliban": Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15.
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Taliban Claims It Has Captured Afghanistan's Key Border Crossing With Iran
The Taliban said on Friday they had captured Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, as the insurgents continued a blistering offensive across the country.
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"There Is No India Without Kashmir": Indian Columnist At US Congress
India has successfully defeated insurgencies in Punjab and the Northeast and it is now time to strengthen New Delhi's fight against insurgencies in Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday. Terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashm...
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ISIS Is Making A Comeback In Iraq A Year After Baghdad Declared Victory
The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and bombings that have raised fears a new cycle of insurgency is starting again.
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Taliban Release 235 Hostages After Afghanistan 'Massacre'
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred around 50 civilians along with Islamic State insurgents but others were still feared held, officials said Tuesday.
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Taliban Capture Key District In Afghanistan North
Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said today.
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49,000 Kids Dying Of Malnutrition Linked To Boko Haram: UN
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising if they don't get treatment.
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Syrian Forces Pursue Campaign Against ISIS After Retaking Palmyra
Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled ISIS insurgents around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back control of a city whose ancient temples were dynamited by the ultra-radical militants.
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65 Al-Shebab Insurgents killed In Somalia: Army
Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.
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Kenya Army Says Killed 34 Al Shebab In Somalia Firefights
The Kenyan military said today it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend.
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French Advisers Helping Libyan Forces In Benghazi: Libyan Commander
French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting Islamic State insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, a senior Libyan military commander said on Thursday.
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Four-Country Talks On Taliban To Begin In Pakistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.
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FBI Says Refugees Used Social Media To Plan Fight In Syria
An Iraqi man bragged about his experience fighting in Syria and the skills he developed as a teenage insurgent as he urged a fellow Iraqi refugee in the U.S. to join him in what both hoped would be martyrdom, according to documents filed in federal court.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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Evacuation Of Damascus Militants Delayed After Rebel Leader Killed
A UN-brokered deal to evacuate more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters and other militants from rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Saturday has been delayed after the killing of an insurgent leader, an organisation that monitors the Syrian war said.
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"Am Sure China Will Work Out Arrangement With Taliban": Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15.
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Taliban Claims It Has Captured Afghanistan's Key Border Crossing With Iran
The Taliban said on Friday they had captured Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, as the insurgents continued a blistering offensive across the country.
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"There Is No India Without Kashmir": Indian Columnist At US Congress
India has successfully defeated insurgencies in Punjab and the Northeast and it is now time to strengthen New Delhi's fight against insurgencies in Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday. Terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashm...
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ISIS Is Making A Comeback In Iraq A Year After Baghdad Declared Victory
The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and bombings that have raised fears a new cycle of insurgency is starting again.
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Taliban Release 235 Hostages After Afghanistan 'Massacre'
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred around 50 civilians along with Islamic State insurgents but others were still feared held, officials said Tuesday.
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Taliban Capture Key District In Afghanistan North
Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said today.
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49,000 Kids Dying Of Malnutrition Linked To Boko Haram: UN
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising if they don't get treatment.
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Syrian Forces Pursue Campaign Against ISIS After Retaking Palmyra
Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled ISIS insurgents around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back control of a city whose ancient temples were dynamited by the ultra-radical militants.
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65 Al-Shebab Insurgents killed In Somalia: Army
Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.
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Kenya Army Says Killed 34 Al Shebab In Somalia Firefights
The Kenyan military said today it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend.
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French Advisers Helping Libyan Forces In Benghazi: Libyan Commander
French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting Islamic State insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, a senior Libyan military commander said on Thursday.
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Four-Country Talks On Taliban To Begin In Pakistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.
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FBI Says Refugees Used Social Media To Plan Fight In Syria
An Iraqi man bragged about his experience fighting in Syria and the skills he developed as a teenage insurgent as he urged a fellow Iraqi refugee in the U.S. to join him in what both hoped would be martyrdom, according to documents filed in federal court.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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Evacuation Of Damascus Militants Delayed After Rebel Leader Killed
A UN-brokered deal to evacuate more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters and other militants from rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Saturday has been delayed after the killing of an insurgent leader, an organisation that monitors the Syrian war said.
