The Somali government and the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday retook southern coastal town of Barawe, residents and officials said.
Militants loyal to the wily Taliban outfit fighting to regain power in Afghanistan have been challenging Afghan security forces in their former stronghold -- the southern Helmand province over the past couple of months.
A total of 14 people were killed and more than seven others wounded on Monday in clashes between Sunni tribesmen and Islamic State militants in a town in the predominantly Sunni province of Salahudin, a local security source said.
The ongoing militancy and conflicts have claimed the lives of eight people including an ISAF service member in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan on Friday.
At least 10 militants and one policeman were killed while a district police chief wounded Wednesday morning in a clash in eastern Ghazni province, a source said.
Several hundred of militants on Tuesday launched a massive attack on security checkpoints in eastern Afghan province of Logar, 60 km south of national capital of Kabul, where officials celebrated the 95th Independence Day earlier on the day.
The Taliban militants, who vowed to regain power in Afghanistan, have intensified their activities since May and have launched massive offensives, a development viewed by local analysts here as a result of the government's soft stance against them.
Two Indian policemen and a civilian were killed Wednesday after militants attacked a police vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
U.S. air campaign in Iraq is expected to continue for some time, with no endgame in sight as Iraq battles advancing Islamic extremists.
Kurds retake two towns from IS in northern IraqKurdish forces retook two towns from the Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Sunday as the U.S. military continued to launch airstrikes against targets of the extremist group, local media reported.
Sunni tribal fighters repulsed Sunni extremist militants from villages in Salahudin province on Monday, as Iraqi security forces continued to battle insurgent groups across the country, security sources said.
About 44 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of military operations in Afghanistan since early Thursday, said the country's Interior Ministry on Friday morning.
Pakistani fighter jets on Monday continued air strikes on the militants' positions in North Waziristan tribal region, killing 25 terrorists and destroying eight hideouts, the military said.
In the process of Afghan militancy and counter-militancy, the government forces raided and captured a key commander of Taliban militants in Taliban former stronghold the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, while armed militants kidnapped nearly three dozen Kandahar University professors, officials confirmed.
Officials in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province said security forces Thursday killed at least 30 suspected militants.
Afghan conflict and militancy have claimed the lives of nine people including a service member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday.
Pakistani fighter jets on Thursday pounded hideouts of the militants in the Khyber tribal region and killed 37 of them, military sources said.
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