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British special forces back in Afghanistan
Date: 2015-08-16 13:58:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:10 - ID:3168161
British special forces are back at war in Afghanistan, fighting both the so-called Islamic State terrorists and the Taliban, according to Mirror. Just a year after David Cameron said the war was over, members of the SAS and SBS along with US ....
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3 Turkish soldiers, police officer killed in Kurdish attacks
Date: 2015-08-16 10:12:36 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:3166273
Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate incidents on Saturday, VOA News quoted security sources as saying on Sunday. This comes as violence roils the country's mainly Kurdish southeast in recent weeks following the end ....
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Pakistan: Ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul dies at 79
Date: 2015-08-16 08:49:59 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:3165713
A former chief of Pakistan's powerful military intelligence, Hamid Gul, has died at the age of 79, the BBC reported. General Gul led the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1987 to 1989. One of the most outspoken military leaders of his ....
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Indian PM to embark on two-day UAE visit
Date: 2015-08-16 08:49:16 GMT - India - International - SN:3 - ID:3165709
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on a two-day trip, packed with a string of engagements high on substance and symbolism, including talks with the leadership of world’s second largest Arab economy and an address ....
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123 insurgents killed, 76 wounded in Afghanistan- ministry
Date: 2015-08-15 11:25:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:3162297
Afghan Ministry of Defense said that 123 insurgents were killed, 76 wounded and 13 others arrested during military operations across the country in past 48 hours, the Khaama Press cited the ministry’s spokesman General Zahir Azimi as saying. In a ....
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IMF says Greece needs debt relief as further bailout agreed
Date: 2015-08-15 10:52:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:3161977
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde released a statement calling for some form of debt relief for Greece, following the eurozone announcement, Deutsche Welle reported Saturday. Several of Greece's creditors oppose such a ....
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Iran committed not to meddle in Lebanon's internal affairs - FM
Date: 2015-08-12 14:57:06 GMT - Lebanon - International - SN:11 - ID:3147813
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif informed Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that Iran is committed not to meddle in Lebanon's internal affairs. During his meeting Wednesday with a number of Lebanese parliamentarians, Berri ....
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Afghan official says corpses of 4 kidnapped men found
Date: 2015-08-12 09:37:30 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:3144909
Afghan authorities recovered the corpses of four men kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan last week, officials said Wednesday, while at least eight others have been newly abducted, ABC News reported. The four corpses, found in Nawur district near the ....
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5 PKK elements killed in clashes with Turkish police
Date: 2015-08-12 09:35:15 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:3144893
At least five separatists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in clashes with Turkish police on the Iğdır-Doğubeyazıt highway in eastern Turkey. PKK militants, meanwhile, hurled hand grenades at troops guarding a police station ....
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Rocket attack foiled on Kabul city
Date: 2015-08-10 10:21:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:3132737
The Afghan national security forces thwarted a plot by the militant groups to fire a rocket on Kabul city, Khaama Press quoted Kabul police as saying Monday. The BM-1 rocket was discovered by the security forces from Qalacha area where the ....
