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Car-bomb Attack, Gunfire in Ghazni, casualties Feared
A car-bomb attack in front of Public Protection unit in southern Ghazni province killed at least 26 and wounded 17 more on Sunday morning, according to officials.
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Rocket Hits Iran’s Embassy in Kabul has No Casualties
After 23 rockets landed in different parts of Kabul city, the Iranian embassy in Kabul announced that one of the rockets landed at its compound, but had no casualties.
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Kabul Hit by 14 Rockets: officials
The Afghan Ministry of Interior affairs says that 14 rockets were landed in various residential parts of Kabul city.
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Pakistan’s ‘University of Jihad’ Proud of Taliban alumni
"Russia was broken into pieces by the students and graduates of Darul Uloom Haqqania and America was also sent packing," beamed Shah, an influential cleric at the seminary that critics have dubbed the "university of jihad"
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Atmar, Qureshi Discuss Peace, Truce
Afghan acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar held a telephone call with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Tuesday evening.
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Despite US Efforts, Arms Embargoes against Iran Ended
Despite US opposition, a long-standing conventional arms embargo imposed on Iran expired in line with the terms of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, according to the Iranian foreign ministry.
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Indians and Central Asians; New Face of Islamic State
Jihadist ideas are not new to Central Asia or India. The civil war in 1990s Tajikistan that broke out in the wake of the country’s emancipation from the Soviet Union was an early post-Cold War battlefield which included jihadist elements
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