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Aug- 2018 -

6 August

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Taiwan allocates 21% of 2019 defense budget to indigenous weapons

Taiwan will set aside more than 21% of its defense budget next year for the development of indigenous weapons, President Tsai Ing-wen said

5 August

Joanne Stocker

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Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others

2 August

Joanne Stocker

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Three foreign nationals abducted and killed in Kabul, Afghan police say

Three foreign nationals working in Afghanistan were kidnapped and later found murdered in Kabul, police said

1 August

Joanne Stocker

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ISIS fighters surrender to Afghan forces in Jowzjan province

A large number of Islamic State-Khorasan Province fighters surrendered to Afghan forces in Jowzjan province, a spokesperson for the US and NATO mission in Afghanistan said

Jul- 2018 -

31 July

Fergus Kelly

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India eyes the Raytheon/Kongsberg National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System

India’s Ministry of Defence has approved the acquisition of the latest version of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) to boost air defenses in New Delhi

31 July

Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) propaganda video of the battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan

Pawel Wojcik

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Turning east: the rise of Islamic State’s Khorasan Province

ISKP’s growth in Afghanistan coincides with its losses in Iraq and Syria, but the US and Taliban are fighting back, Paweł Wójcik writes

31 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Gunmen storm refugee aid department in eastern Afghanistan

Gunmen stormed an Afghan government building after multiple explosions in a continuing attack in Jalalabad

31 July

Explosion at Pentecost church, Surabaya, Indonesia

Staff Writer With AFP

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Indonesia bans JAD, the ISIS-linked group behind deadly May attacks

An Indonesian court banned Jamaah Anshar Daulah, a network linked to a series of terror attacks, significantly expanding police powers

31 July

Staff Writer With AFP

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ISIS-claimed Tajikistan attack that killed 4 led by proscribed Islamist party member: police

Police in Tajikistan appeared to blame a banned Islamist party for an attack claimed by ISIS that left four tourists dead and was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident

30 July