War
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Sep- 2018 -26 September
Eight Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast near Baraboulé
At least eight Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle near Baraboule in Soum province near the Mali border
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26 September
Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds
An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces ramp up aerial bombardments against militants
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25 September
At least 12 Mali Tuaregs killed in attack near Niger border
At least 12 Tuareg civilians were killed by armed assailants in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali near the Niger border
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25 September
Tunisia: Two killed in land mine blast in jihadist hideout near Algeria border
Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Mount Chaambi in central Tunisia near the border with Algeria, an area used as a hideout by jihadist militants
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25 September
Fear and mourning in Afghanistan: Hazaras mark the festival of Muharram in fragile Dasht-e-Barchi
In Kabul’s largely Shia Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Shadi Saif finds some from Afghanistan's persecuted minority community taking security into their own hands
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25 September
UN investigates ‘credible’ reported Afghanistan airstrike that killed 9 from a single family
The UN said it was investigating reports that 9 family members had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but US Forces denied the victims were civilians
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25 September
Nigeria troops thwart Boko Haram attack on military base in Borno state
Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources said
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24 September
Yemen Houthis mass-produced mines and IEDs using Iranian components, CAR report finds
A Conflict Armament Research report has found that Yemen's Houthi rebels have standardized and mass-produced improvised explosive devices
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24 September
Speaking to and about extremists
De-radicalization practitioners need to be aware of the pitfalls of their language in the counter-narrative versus alternative narrative dichotomy
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24 September
Soldier and five militants killed in Kashmir, days after India cancels Pakistan talks
An Indian soldier and five suspected militants have died in fighting in Kashmir, the Indian army said, just days after high-level talks with Pakistan were cancelled
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