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Taliban control about half of Afghan district centers: U.S. general

Afghan militiamen join Afghan defense and security forces during a gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2021. /CFP Afghan Taliban militants now control about half of the war-torn country'

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At least 35 killed in bomb explosion in Iraqi capital

At least 35 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb explosion in a marketplace in eastern Baghdad on Monday, local media reported citing authorities.The Islamic State group claimed responsibi

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Taliban says it 'favors political settlement' to Afghan conflict

00:42 The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday said the group "strenuously favors" a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan.The announcement comes as re

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At least 92 killed in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq

The death toll in Iraq’s coronavirus hospital fire has risen to 92 after some wounded people died from severe burns, state news agency INA and health officials said on Tuesday.More

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Biden: U.S. military mission in Afghanistan to end on Aug. 31

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration's continued drawdown efforts in Afghanistan in a speech from the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 20

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Explosion injures 20 in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province

At least 20 people were wounded on Tuesday after a powerful explosion ripped through a busy road in Kandahar City, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a provincial official confirmed

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Four people injured in Chicago drive-by shooting

At least four people wounded in Chicago when an unknown assailant drove by and opened fire on them Saturday night, local media reported.As of early Sunday morning, no suspects had been arrested.

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The air war in Afghanistan: Off target, twisted, illegal

Bagram Air Base, after all U.S. and NATO troops left, some 70 km north of Kabul, July 2, 2021. /CFP Editor's note:Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio a

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Sisi makes first Iraq visit by Egyptian leader in decades

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, marking the first visit by an Egyptian head of state to Iraq since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in

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1 dead, 6 wounded in shooting in U.S. Oakland

One person died and six were wounded in a shooting in Oakland, a city in the U.S. state of California, on Saturday evening, local media reported on Sunday.One 22-year-old man from San Francisco died

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Honduras prison clash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured

A clash between rival gangs at a prison in eastern Honduras left five inmates dead and 15 others injured on Thursday, authorities said.The incident took place at the La Tolva prison in Moroceli, a ci

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Multiple injuries in a shooting on Chicago's South Side

Multiple people were wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning on Chicago's South Side, local media reported citing police.Shots were fired after an argument at a gathering inside a residence in the Engl

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Syrian hospital hit in missile attacks on Afrin, at least 13 killed

Syrian civil defense officers sift through rubble at Al Shifa hospital following the shelling of Afrin, Syria, June 12, 2021. /AFP At least 13 people were killed and several others were wounde

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Shooting in Texas capital injures 14; one suspect still at large

Fourteen people were wounded after two men opened fire at each other in a busy entertainment district in downtown Austin, the U.S. state of Texas, early on Saturday, police said, adding that one of t

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Blasts on buses in western Kabul kill at least 7: police

At least seven people were killed after blasts hit two buses in the western part of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on Saturday, according to local police.Basir Mujahid, Kabul's police spokesman, a

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One killed, nine injured in Chicago shooting, gunmen at large

At least one person was killed and nine others were wounded in a shooting in Chicago early Saturday, reported CNN, citing police.People were standing on a sidewalk in the city's South Side when two m

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2 security officers killed in suicide bombing attack in Libya

Two Libyan security officers were killed and four others wounded in a suicide bombing attack against a security checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sabha on Sunday.The attack took place at arou