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IS threat lingers in Afghanistan despite leader’s death

JALALABAD: The killing of the Islamic State group’s leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan has dealt a major blow to the…

8 years ago
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Ghani unfit for Afghan presidency, says Abdullah

KABUL: Afghan Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah has castigated President Ashraf Ghani as unfit for the presidency, in a public…

8 years ago
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Afghan Taliban close in on Helmand capital

KANDAHAR: Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to Helmand as Taliban closed in on the besieged capital of the southern province, with…

8 years ago
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Modi calls for end to Kashmir violence

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Tuesday for an end to the violence in Held Kashmir, promising jobs…

8 years ago
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Four more martyred in fresh clashes in IHK; toll rises to 68

SRINAGAR: Four people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in fresh violence in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) after Friday…

8 years ago
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Hurriyet to bestow posthumous ‘Medal of Greatness’ on Wani

SRINAGAR: The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has recently decided to honour Burhan Wani, a martyred Kashmiri young man, with…

8 years ago
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Iran executes 20 ‘terrorists’ in a day

TEHRAN: Iran has said that it hanged 20 "terrorists" in one of the Islamic republic's biggest mass executions in recent…

8 years ago
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Heavy rains, lightning kill 41 in India, 15 in Bangladesh

MUMBAI/BHUBANESWAR: At least nine people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in heavy rains in a Mumbai suburb on…

8 years ago
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Indian troops kill two more in IHK

SRINAGAR: At least two suspected ‘rebels’ were killed overnight in a gunfight with troops in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) near the…

8 years ago
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Afghan Taliban delegation visits China to discuss unrest: sources

KABUL: A delegation from the Taliban visited China earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, where the insurgent…

8 years ago