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24 May

Indian forces kill Zakir Musa, Kashmir militant linked to Al-Qaeda

Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed top militant Zakir Musa, the leader of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind who pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda

23 May

Afghan Air Force A-29 live-fire training

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghanistan airstrikes kill 14 civilians in 3 days, UNAMA says

Two airstrikes have killed 14 civilians in Afghanistan in recent days, the UN said as the US intensifies its air war across the country

23 May

Fergus Kelly

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Nigeria: Islamic State claims Gubio military base attack, releases ISWAP propaganda video

ISIS claimed ISWAP militants stormed a Nigerian military base in Gubio, Borno state, and released a video of attacks and the execution of nine people

22 May

Afghanistan police opened fire on a vehicle that refused to stop near Ghazni

Joanne Stocker

Ghazni vehicle blast kills 3, Afghanistan interior ministry says

At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others reported injured after an explosion in the central Afghan city of Ghazni

22 May

Staff Writer With AFP

Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims car bomb that exploded near Mogadishu checkpoint

A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia capital Mogadishu, in an attack claimed by the militant group Al Shabaab

20 May

Staff Writer With AFP

Mali police killed in attack in Koury near Burkina Faso border

Four civilians, two Malian policemen and a customs officer were killed in an attack on a border post on Mali's frontier with Burkina Faso

19 May

Staff Writer With AFP

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Peacekeeper killed in attacks on Nigeria and Chad troops in Mali

A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Timbuktu and three Chadian peacekeepers were injured in an IED attack in Tessalit

17 May