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US Approves Possible $346 Million Arms Sale To Nigeria To Improve Security
The US State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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1 Killed In Rocket Attack By Kuki Insurgents In Manipur's Valley Town Moirang: Police
An elderly man who was offering prayers was killed in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town today, the police said.
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Rockets Fired At Manipur's Valley District, 2 Buildings Damaged: Police
Suspected insurgents launched a rocket attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district this morning, damaging two structures, the police said. No one was injured. The rocket attack damaged a community hall and an empty room, the police said.
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Over 22,000 Afghan Families Flee From Kandahar, Once A Bastion Of Taliban
More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul.
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Kabul Airport Target Of Taliban Rocket Attack During Visit By Mattis
Insurgents fired mortars and detonated suicide vests Wednesday in an attack targeting Kabul's international airport during a visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and U.S. forces responded with an airstrike that inadvertently caused civilian casualties, authorities said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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Taliban Launch Spring Offensive With Rocket Attack on US Base
Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a US base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital today, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fighting.
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Damascus Rocket Attacks Kill 3 After Islam Army Warning
Rocket attacks killed three people in Damascus and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, state news agency SANA said, in what appeared to be the second heavy bombardment by insurgent group Islam Army in less than two weeks.
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UN Says Ukraine Attack 'Targeted Civilians' as Vladimir Putin Defiant
The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-Moscow insurgency.
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US Approves Possible $346 Million Arms Sale To Nigeria To Improve Security
The US State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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1 Killed In Rocket Attack By Kuki Insurgents In Manipur's Valley Town Moirang: Police
An elderly man who was offering prayers was killed in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town today, the police said.
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Rockets Fired At Manipur's Valley District, 2 Buildings Damaged: Police
Suspected insurgents launched a rocket attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district this morning, damaging two structures, the police said. No one was injured. The rocket attack damaged a community hall and an empty room, the police said.
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Over 22,000 Afghan Families Flee From Kandahar, Once A Bastion Of Taliban
More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul.
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Kabul Airport Target Of Taliban Rocket Attack During Visit By Mattis
Insurgents fired mortars and detonated suicide vests Wednesday in an attack targeting Kabul's international airport during a visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and U.S. forces responded with an airstrike that inadvertently caused civilian casualties, authorities said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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Taliban Launch Spring Offensive With Rocket Attack on US Base
Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a US base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital today, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fighting.
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Damascus Rocket Attacks Kill 3 After Islam Army Warning
Rocket attacks killed three people in Damascus and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, state news agency SANA said, in what appeared to be the second heavy bombardment by insurgent group Islam Army in less than two weeks.
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UN Says Ukraine Attack 'Targeted Civilians' as Vladimir Putin Defiant
The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-Moscow insurgency.
