Security forces confronted Taliban fighters in key locations in northern Afghanistan leaving dozens of people killed and the city of Sar-e Pul threatened by insurgents, officials said. Center of Sar-e-Pul on Verge of Collapse, Heavy Clashes Ongoing#Afghanistan https://t.co/1MikwqH8Uc pic.twitter.com/euvwKRvrli — TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) September 10, 2018 Clashes started next to the provincial capital of Sar-e Pul…
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EU expresses solidarity to Afghans after bomb attack
Two journalists were among 20 people killed in Kabul in twin bomb attacks on a wrestling club on September 5, with the second blast targeting media and emergency services at the scene of the initial explosion. The first attack took place around 6 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in…
Clashes with Taliban in Ghazni continue
Fighting continued around Ghazni city just south of Kabul during weekend a day after Taliban fighters stormed its center in a brutal show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said. Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, a member of #Ghazni provincial council shared these photos & said that along Afg #Taliban fighters,…
ISIS claims terrorist attack in Syria
A powerful explosion hit the area near a vegetable market in As-Suwayda (92 km from Damascus) on Wednesday, July 25. Later a blast near Al-Musalleh was reported. The terror attacks were carried out along with assaults on settlements in the outskirts of As-Suwayda. At least 100 people were killed in the string of attacks, AFP…
Extremist guru adepts executed in Japan
Shoko Asahara, founder of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo and mastermind behind the deadly 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system — and a number of other horrific crimes in the 1980s and ’90s — was executed on Friday, July 5, according to Japanese official sources. BREAKING UPDATE: Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara and…
Trump suggests illegal migrants return without trial
President Donald Trump said that migrants who enter the United States illegally should be sent back immediately to where they came from without any judicial process, qualified as invaders who are trying to “break into” the country. We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately,…
President Trump emblematic meeting with Chairman Kim in Singapore
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees. President Trump & Chairman Kim sign historic #Singaporesummit joint statement, the start of a new relationship. pic.twitter.com/uxmniY3neo — Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) June 12, 2018 “President Trump committed…
Taliban announced a few days cease-fire
Taliban militants have announced cease-fire with the government forces for three days to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid in Afghanistan. Foreign military in Afghanistan are excluded from the truce. https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1005330572112224256 The announcement come in response to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday (706/2018) declared his own unconditional, week-long ceasefire against the Taliban, but not…
Italian PM Conte agrees with President Trump on Russia return to G7
Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte agreed with the suggestion of President Donald Trump that return of Russian into G7 is in interest of all. “Russia should be in this meeting,” Trump told reporters upon leaving the White House for the summit, which is being held in Charlevoix, Canada. “They should let Russia come back in,…
Qatar announces “ambition” to join NATO
Qatar’s defense minister Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah said that his country’s long-term strategic “ambition” is to join the NATO. Qatar says it wants to join NATO https://t.co/YAYlcAY7On pic.twitter.com/avudIV4pJZ — FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) June 6, 2018 Reaching the anniversary of a year-long bitter Gulf diplomatic dispute, which has seen Qatar separated from its former regional…
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