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Saudi man in Oklahoma charged with lying about al Qaeda training

Wed Feb 7, 2018 08:05:42

A Saudi man who attended flight school in Oklahoma was charged on Tuesday with visa fraud for allegedly having lied about attending an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 2000, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Taliban openly active in 70% of Afghan territory: Study

Wed Jan 31, 2018 13:47:13

A new study finds that the Taliban militants are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s soil, fully controlling four percent of the country and having presence in another 66 percent.

Taliban and ISIS create perfect storm of bloodshed in Kabul

Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:22:03

The Taliban and the ISIS group are creating a perfect storm of carnage in Kabul, adapting to ramped up security in the war-weary capital to strike again and again -- and it is civilians who are paying the price.

Gunmen attack Kabul military academy, multiple casualties

Mon Jan 29, 2018 09:54:57

Gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul on Monday, officials said, in an ongoing assault that has caused multiple casualties and is the third major attack in the city in recent days.

Afghan capital in shock after deadly ambulance bomb attack

Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:01:24

Kabul reacted in despair and fear on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomb in the centre of the city killed and wounded more than 250 people in the worst attack seen in the Afghan capital in months.

Update: Toll from blast in Afghan capital up to at least 40 dead, 140 wounded - official

Sat Jan 27, 2018 13:00:03

The toll from a car-bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday rose to at least 40 dead and 140 wounded, health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said.

Kabul Intercontinental Hotel siege ends, all gunmen killed: government

Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:22:31

Afghan Special Forces ended an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday, killing the last gunman from a group of three attackers who stormed the hotel, taking hostages and battling security forces for hours.

At least five dead in Kabul hotel attack: Afghan spy agency

Sun Jan 21, 2018 08:20:32

Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight others in an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an official said Sunday, as the eleven hours-long siege continued.

Its dreams of a caliphate are gone. Now Isis has a deadly new strategy

Sun Dec 31, 2017 09:20:02

The Guardian

40 dead, dozens wounded in multiple Kabul blasts

Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:57:31

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple blasts at a Shia cultural center in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, in the latest deadly violence to hit the Afghan capital.

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