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Airstrikes kill 25 militants in E. Afghanistan in 2 days

​Airstrikes have claimed the lives of 25 militants in eastern Afghanistan's Khost and Paktika provinces over the past two days, local media reported on Sunday.

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Cameroonian army kill over 40 suspected Boko Haram militants

​More than 40 suspected militants of Nigeria-based Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed in a series of confrontations with the Cameroonian army in the Far North Region of Cameroon, Cameroonian Communication Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary announced Sunday night.

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IS militants execute 19 policemen in western Iraq

​The extremist Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday executed 19 local policemen in Iraq's western province of Anbar, while seven IS militants were killed in clashes in the northern central province of Salahudin, security source said.

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67 killed in clashes with IS militants in Iraq

​A total of 67 people were killed, including 15 border guards, in clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants across Iraq on Monday, while the Iraqi forces recaptured seven villages in eastern the country, security sources said.

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Iraq forces break IS siege on key oil refinery

​Iraqi security forces on Sunday broke the Islamic State (IS) group's months-long siege of the country's largest oil refinery in Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.

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Gunfight between militants, Indian troops erupts in Indian-controlled Kashmir

​A fierce gunfight between militants and Indian troops broke out Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

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IS militants execute 67 tribesmen in western Iraq

​The Islamic State (IS) militant group executed 67 tribesmen in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Sunday, as part of mass killings in the past few days against a Sunni tribe which resisted the advance of the militant group, a provincial security source said.

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IS militants execute 75 tribesmen in western Iraq

​The Islamic State (IS) militant group executed 75 tribesmen in western Iraq on Thursday, a day after they executed 30 tribesmen from the same allied Sunni tribe in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

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9 militants killed in exchange of firing with police in Pakistan's Karachi

​At least nine militants had been killed in shooting out with police in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday afternoon, police said.

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IS captures 8 media workers in Iraq's Mosul

The Islamic State (IS) militants captured eight journalists and media workers working for a local television in the militants-seized city of Mosul, capital of the country's northern province of Nineveh, a provincial security source said on Sunday.

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Iraqi forces repel IS attacks in Anbar province as Iran backs Baghdad anti-terror efforts

​Iraqi security forces and allied tribal fighters rebuffed an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in a town near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, but were forced to withdraw from another embattled town after two days of fierce clashes in the country's western province of Anbar, security sources said on Thursday.

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59 IS militants killed in air strikes, clashes in Iraq

​A total of 59 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Wednesday in clashes with Iraqi security forces and air strikes against their positions across the country, security sources said.

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50 IS militants killed in air strikes, clashes in Iraq

​A total of 50 people were killed on Tuesday in clashes and air strikes against the positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, security source said.

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U.S.-led coalition pack up to leave, but terrorism likely to haunt Afghans

​Exactly 13 years on from the U.S.- led military coalition' invasion on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the Afghans are still suffering at the hands of Taliban militants and will likely suffer in the years ahead, Afghans from all walks of life including public opinion leaders believe.

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Egypt army kills 15 militants in Sinai

​Egypt's army on Thursday killed 15 suspected militants in a security raid and arrested 25 others suspected of being members of the extremist Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, security source told Xinhua.

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Taliban militants attack soft targets in Afghanistan as part of changed tactics

​Taliban militants fighting Afghan security forces in their bid to regain power and re-establish their brutal brand of Islamic rule have changed their war tactics, officials and experts here said.

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IS captured Kurdish Kobane towns in northern Syria

​The Islamic State (IS) militants captured three neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria on Monday, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.