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Taliban plan to capture Laghman foiled, Taliban suffer heavy casualties
A plan by the Taliban insurgents to capture the eastern Laghman province was foiled by the Afghan a security forces.
UNICEF: 2016 was the worst year yet for Syrian children
UN says more Syrian children suffered ‘grave violations’ in 2016 than in any year since ruinous war began.
Deadly blast destroys bus in Afghan capital
An explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul destroyed a bus carrying government employees on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
Sexual assault in Japan: ‘Every girl was a victim’
Tamaka Ogawa was about 10 years old when she was sexually assaulted for the first time. It was a public holiday and she was on the subway.
ISIS release pictures of terrorists involved in Kabul military hospital attack
The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group released the pictures of the terrorists who were involved in a deadly coordinated attack on Kabul’s main military hospital.
US deploys heavily armed marines to Syria
Several hundred marines have deployed into Syria with artillery guns, as part of the ongoing preparation for the fight to push ISIL out of its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a Pentagon spokesman has confirmed.
Syria’s war: ISIL’s explosive legacy
When Hassan Hejazi went to visit his olive grove near the village of Hor Kilis close to the Syrian-Turkish border in Aleppo province, he found what he thought were some unexploded shells.
China urges US, N Korea to avoid ‘head-on collision’
China has called on North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for the US and South Korea halting military war games, to avoid what it called a “head-on collision”.
ISIS gunmen dressed as doctors kill at least 30 at Afghan hospital
Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Coast Guard Seizes Cocaine Worth an Estimated $125 Million
The U.S. Coast Guard this week offloaded approximately 4.2 tons of seized cocaine, worth an estimated $125 million in wholesale value, at Coast Guard Sector San Juan.
