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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’

The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its...

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Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she...

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Afghan Forces Retake District In Helmand From Taliban

Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High

The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High In 2017

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured,...

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‘Taliban’ Suicide Bomber Kills Two In NW Pakistan

A suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in Pakistan's northwest on...

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Dizzying Rise of Afghan Cricket

The manicured emerald pitch at Lord's in London, where Afghanistan played for the first time ever Tuesday, is a world...

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Leader of Afghan IS Branch Killed In US Raid

US forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch in a raid earlier this week in the...

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Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing At Least Seven

Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the...

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Activists Criticise Senegal’s Slow Progress On Child Begging

Human rights groups in Senegal on Tuesday criticised what it said is an ineffectual crackdown on child begging driven...

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Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by...

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Bomb Kills Police Chief, Guard In Southwest Pakistan

A bomb Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering...

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Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan

The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for...

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Afghan Cycling Sisters Take Refuge In Home of ‘Grand Boucle’

With discreet black scarves tucked beneath their helmets, Afghan refugees Zahra and Masomah Alizada hurtle down...

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Shot For Supporting Education, Malala Finishes School

In 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan. On Friday,...

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Top US Justice Officials To Visit Guantanamo

The top US justice officials are to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday amid signs the Trump...

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US Soldier Killed In Afghanistan’s Helmand

A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province, US military...

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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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McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists

US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its...