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BREAKING NEWS - Suicide bombers kills dozens in Afghanistan after peace talks

2 years ago
A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into a checkpoint in Afghanistan late on Wednesday killing 11 people, as peace talks between the government and Taliban militants in Qatar seemed to have no bearing on the violence at home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack in the southern province of Helmand though officials blamed […]
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Iraq bomb blast at Shiite mosque on Friday

3 years ago
A bomb blast at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in eastern Baghdad wounded at least seven people on Friday, security sources said, correcting earlier reports of seven killed. Police sources said on Friday a suicide belt or improvised explosive device had been used in the attack in the Baladiyat neighbourhood, for which there was no immediate […]
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Ahead of truce, suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Afghan capital

4 years ago
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at the entrance of an Afghan government building Monday, the day before a truce with Taliban insurgents was supposed to take hold. The Health Ministry said 13 employees of the Ministry of Rural Development were killed and 25 were wounded when the bomber struck as they were […]
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Islamic clerics hit by bomber right after suicide attack "fatwa"

4 years ago
An attack targeting a meeting of Afghanistan's top religious body on Monday left at least seven people dead and nine others wounded, according to Kabul police. Ghafor Aziz, the police chief of Kabul's 5th District, said officers were working to secure the area after the attack. A suicide bomber struck at one of the entrances […]
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Suicide blast hits Afghan voter registration center, killing dozens

4 years ago
A suicide blast killed 48 people -- including five children -- and wounded over 100 more on Sunday at a voter registration center in Kabul, according to Afghan officials. Carnage in Kabul adds to US challenges in Afghanistan The bomber was on foot when he detonated his explosives at the gate of the building about […]
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Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital

5 years ago
A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street that was only open to government workers. It happened near the old interior ministry building and offices of the […]
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Deadly attack at Kabul cultural center is latest in terrorist campaign against Shiites

5 years ago
Suicide bombers killed more than 40 people and left scores injured Thursday, setting off multiple explosions at a gathering inside a pro-Iranian cultural center in the Afghan capital. It was the latest attack in a terrorist campaign against the minority ethnic Shiite community that has intensified over the past two years. The attack, claimed by […]
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Suicide bomber hits Kabul bank ahead of holiday rush, killing 5

5 years ago
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank not far from the U.S. embassy in Kabul, killing five people on Tuesday, as government employees lined up to withdraw salaries ahead of the holiday. An airstrike meant for a Taliban command post north of the capital in Herat also killed at least 13 civilians, […]
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Suicide bomber targets NATO-led convoy in Afghanistan, casualties confirmed

5 years ago
A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of international troops near the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, a security official said, and the NATO-led military coalition confirmed there were casualties. "We are working to gather additional information as quickly as possible and will release more details as appropriate," the coalition said […]
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Suicide bombers kill two, wound 11 in attack in Niger - U.N.

5 years ago
Bombers killed two people and wounded 11 others at a U.N.-managed camp in Niger housing thousands of people who have fled Boko Haram violence in the first suicide attack in the region in a year, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. Two women entered the camp in Kabelawa, around 50 km (30 miles) north […]
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Terror plot targeting Grand Mosque in Mecca foiled – Saudi security forces

5 years ago
A terror plot to attack the Grand Mosque in Mecca has been foiled by security forces, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry announced on Friday, Al Arabiya TV and state television Al-Ekhbariya report. According to the spokesman, the attack was planned by three terror groups, two based in Mecca and the other in Jeddah, the Saudi […]
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