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At Least 24 Killed In Kabul Car Bombing

At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in...

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At Least 8 Killed In Kabul Car Bombing

At least eight people have been killed and ten wounded after a car bomb rocked western Kabul on Monday, an official...

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Kabul Rocket Kills Woman and Child

A woman and child were killed Wednesday when a rocket struck their house in Kabul, already traumatised by a series of...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 20 In Market South of Baghdad

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, on Friday killing at least 20...

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Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul

At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died...

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’40 Killed Or Injured’ In Massive Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Blast

At least 40 people were killed or wounded Wednesday as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter,...

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Burundi Orders Couples To Wed Amid Drive To ‘moralise Society’

Cohabiting couples in Burundi have until the end of the year to get married or face legal consequences. The government...

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Car Bomber Kills 13 In East Afghanistan On First Day of Ramadan

A suicide car bomber killed 13 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, officials said, in the first...

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In Moral ‘crusade’, Burundi Forces Unwed Couples To Marry

Unmarried couples have until the end of the year to legalise their relationships, the Burundi government said Friday,...

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Tunisia Protester Death Raises Fears of More Unrest

A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...

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Kabul Probes ‘terrorist’ Attack On Foreign Guest House

Kabul police said Monday they were investigating a "terrorist" attack on an international guest house that left a...

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Twenty Policemen, Dozens of Taliban Killed In Shah Joi

At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces...

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German and Afghan Guard Killed In Kabul Guest House Attack

A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul,...

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Hamas Winds Up Trial of Military Leader’s Alleged Killers

A military court in Gaza on Wednesday concluded the trial of three men accused of assassinating a Hamas military leader...

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Bomb Blast Targets Foreign Forces In Kabul

A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people...

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Iran Bans Live Election Debates

Iran's interior ministry said Thursday there would be no live debates in the run-up to next month's presidential...

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Kabul Suicide Bombing Kills Five

At least five people were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot struck near the Afghan defense ministry in...

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Hamas Offers Clemency To Israeli ‘collaborators’ After Killing

Hamas has offered "collaborators" with Israel a week to turn themselves in and receive clemency as it investigates the...

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Israel Says Not Seeking Gaza ‘adventures’ After Killing Claim

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday Israel did not seek "adventures" in Gaza after Hamas accused it of...