U.s.-backed Forces Battle

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday it would take three months to remove ISIS from Iraq, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country.

A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday it would take three months to remove ISIS from Iraq, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country.

A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said on Sunday.