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7 Killed, 85 Injured As Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan University
Pakistan and Afghanistan had been embroiled in months of deadly fighting that has killed hundreds of people since late February.
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'There Was A Lot Of Blood': Kibbutz Shattered By Hamas Attack
The sound of distant air strikes, mortar fire and shelling echoed through kibbutz Nir Oz as Ron Bahat surveyed the damage at his devastated community near the border with Gaza.
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Russia Dismisses Ukraine Peace Plan, Steps Up Attack On Liberated City
Ukraine's recently liberated southern city of Kherson suffered intense mortar and artillery attacks from Russian forces across the Dnipro river, while the Kremlin rejected a Ukrainian peace plan.
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Russia Intensifies Attacks On Ukraine's Liberated Kherson
Russian forces stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukraine's military said, while also exerting constant pressure along front lines in eastern regions of the country.
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55 Dead, Over 150 Injured In Blasts Targeting Afghan School In Kabul
Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortars outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Taliban insurge
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65-Year-Old Woman Killed, 3 Injured In Pak Shelling Along Line Of Control In J&K
A 65-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured today as Pakistan violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in different sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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18 UN Troops, 2 Civilians Injured In Mali Mortar Attack
Eighteen UN troops and two civilians were wounded Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali, a UN official said, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African country.
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2 Rockets Hit US Base In Iraq, Mortar Rounds Fall Near Embassy: Report
Two rockets Saturday hit Iraq's Al-Balad air base, where US troops are stationed, while two mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone, a high-security enclave housing the US embassy, security sources said.
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71 Niger Soldiers Killed In Attack At Military Camp: Defence Ministry
Hundreds of terrorists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with shelling and mortars, killing 71 soldiers, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
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Schools Near Line Of Control In Rajouri Closed Today After Pak Shelling
All government and private schools located within 5 kilometres of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district will remain closed todayas Pakistani troops fired mortar shells at several areas hours after the Indian Air Force bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan's Balakot.
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Army Foils Attempt By Pak Troops To Launch Attack On New Year's Eve
The Army foiled a major attempt by Pakistani forces to strike a forward post along the Line of Control at Naugam sector in the early hours of Sunday. The Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) tried to move under the cover of the thick jungles close to the LoC, helped by heavy covering fire of high-calibre weapons such as mortars and rockets from the P...
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Hours-Long Battle Ends In Kabul, Terrorists Killed
Terrorists rattled the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday in an hours-long attack that saw parts of the city showered with mortar fire, sparking intense clashes with security forces who used air strikes to quell the assault.
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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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Mosul Area Retaken, But Still Danger Of ISIS Attack
A black Humvee speeds down a dusty road in eastern Mosul carrying two boys: one is dead, and the other's leg has been torn open by the same mortar strike.
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In Syria, Victory Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
The American bombers came in several waves in the middle of the night. Hours earlier, Islamic State militants had used the Syrian village of Tokhar to launch mortar attacks at U.S.-backed forces nearby. As the July 19 air raid began, dozens of people had gathered near a cluster of buildings on the northern edge of the village. U.S. warplanes ...
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7 Killed, 85 Injured As Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan University
Pakistan and Afghanistan had been embroiled in months of deadly fighting that has killed hundreds of people since late February.
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'There Was A Lot Of Blood': Kibbutz Shattered By Hamas Attack
The sound of distant air strikes, mortar fire and shelling echoed through kibbutz Nir Oz as Ron Bahat surveyed the damage at his devastated community near the border with Gaza.
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Russia Dismisses Ukraine Peace Plan, Steps Up Attack On Liberated City
Ukraine's recently liberated southern city of Kherson suffered intense mortar and artillery attacks from Russian forces across the Dnipro river, while the Kremlin rejected a Ukrainian peace plan.
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Russia Intensifies Attacks On Ukraine's Liberated Kherson
Russian forces stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukraine's military said, while also exerting constant pressure along front lines in eastern regions of the country.
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55 Dead, Over 150 Injured In Blasts Targeting Afghan School In Kabul
Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortars outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Taliban insurge
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65-Year-Old Woman Killed, 3 Injured In Pak Shelling Along Line Of Control In J&K
A 65-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured today as Pakistan violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in different sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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18 UN Troops, 2 Civilians Injured In Mali Mortar Attack
Eighteen UN troops and two civilians were wounded Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali, a UN official said, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African country.
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2 Rockets Hit US Base In Iraq, Mortar Rounds Fall Near Embassy: Report
Two rockets Saturday hit Iraq's Al-Balad air base, where US troops are stationed, while two mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone, a high-security enclave housing the US embassy, security sources said.
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71 Niger Soldiers Killed In Attack At Military Camp: Defence Ministry
Hundreds of terrorists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with shelling and mortars, killing 71 soldiers, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
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Schools Near Line Of Control In Rajouri Closed Today After Pak Shelling
All government and private schools located within 5 kilometres of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district will remain closed todayas Pakistani troops fired mortar shells at several areas hours after the Indian Air Force bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan's Balakot.
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Army Foils Attempt By Pak Troops To Launch Attack On New Year's Eve
The Army foiled a major attempt by Pakistani forces to strike a forward post along the Line of Control at Naugam sector in the early hours of Sunday. The Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) tried to move under the cover of the thick jungles close to the LoC, helped by heavy covering fire of high-calibre weapons such as mortars and rockets from the P...
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Hours-Long Battle Ends In Kabul, Terrorists Killed
Terrorists rattled the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday in an hours-long attack that saw parts of the city showered with mortar fire, sparking intense clashes with security forces who used air strikes to quell the assault.
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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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Mosul Area Retaken, But Still Danger Of ISIS Attack
A black Humvee speeds down a dusty road in eastern Mosul carrying two boys: one is dead, and the other's leg has been torn open by the same mortar strike.
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In Syria, Victory Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
The American bombers came in several waves in the middle of the night. Hours earlier, Islamic State militants had used the Syrian village of Tokhar to launch mortar attacks at U.S.-backed forces nearby. As the July 19 air raid began, dozens of people had gathered near a cluster of buildings on the northern edge of the village. U.S. warplanes ...
