Rubio highlights emerging terror threat in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested late Thursday there are ungoverned regions in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan that provide ...
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US strikes stronghold of Islamic State affiliate in Somalia
WASHINGTON — U.S. warplanes took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, hitting what officials described as high-ranking operatives ...
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Insurgent attack kills 18 soldiers in southwestern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan said Saturday that at least 18 soldiers were killed in an overnight insurgent attack in ...
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Puntland blocks illegal entry of foreigners in IS crackdown
NAIROBI, KENYA — Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region this week banned the illegal entry of foreigners and ordered telecom companies ...
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Islamic State claims killing of Chinese national in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese ...
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Clashes kill 6 Pakistan troops, 22 militants near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday that a predawn assault on a security post and intelligence-driven counterinsurgency raids in its northwestern ...
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Islamic State figure arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi national security officials on Saturday said they arrested the top-ranking Islamic State figure in Iraqi Kurdistan. Azad Shakhi, the ...
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