Tag: #Suicidebombing
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Suicide car bomb kills 26 Afghan security personnel: officials
Ghazni, Afghanistan, Nov 29 (AFP/APP):A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting Afghan forces in recent months. The attack occurred in the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government…
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Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack outside an educational center in Kabul
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan on Saturday condemned in the strongest possible terms the inhuman terrorist attack outside an educational center in Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul city that resulted in loss of innocent lives including children and injuries to several others. At least 10 killed as bomb rocks Afghan education centre: Govt “We extend our heartfelt…
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Woman planning suicide attack arrested in Philippines: Military
Manila, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):An Indonesian woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the southern Philippines was arrested Saturday in a pre-dawn raid, the military said. The arrest comes less than two months after a pair of female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Jolo island in the Muslim-majority Sulu province, which killed 15…
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Suicide bomber detonates inside govt building in east Afghanistan
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):A suicide bomber detonated inside a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a provincial official said, with casualties feared in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. Witnesses and an AFP reporter also described hearing gunshots immediately after the blast at the electronic identification registration centre in Jalalabad, capital…
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Taliban kill at least 48 in bloody day ahead of Afghan polls
Kabul, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts Tuesday — one at a campaign rally for the president and the other in Kabul — with the insurgents warning of more violence ahead of elections. The first attack saw a motorcyclist detonate a suicide bomb at…