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20 August

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Police officers injured in multiple attacks in Chechnya

Armed assailants attacked and injured police officers in several locations in the Russian republic of Chechnya, including the capital Grozny and the town of Shali, the region's leader Ramzan Kadyrov said

19 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Afghanistan: President Ghani offers Taliban 3-month conditional ceasefire

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban to begin on Eid al-Adha

17 August

Opinion Editor

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Does the murder of 3 journalists in Central African Republic expose Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ strategy?

The murky murder of three journalists in Central African Republic highlights Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ armed adventurism, Kiril Avramov and Ruslan Trad argue

17 August

Fergus Kelly

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UK Chinook helicopters in Mali ‘fully operational’

Three RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopters are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali, the UK Ministry of Defence said

16 August

Afghan special operations forces in northern Afghanistan

Staff Writer With AFP

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Gunmen attack Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul

Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training center in Kabul, officials said, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary city

15 August

Joanne Stocker

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PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike

Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali

15 August

Joanne Stocker

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Taliban kill dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks

Taliban insurgents killed dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks in Baghlan and Zabul provinces, bringing the number killed in the past week to well over 200

14 August

Russia's Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system

Staff Writer With AFP

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Russian-made electronic warfare systems present in Ukraine, OSCE says

The OSCE said for the first time it had spotted Russian-made weapons in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, despite the Kremlin insisting it has not provided arms in the conflict

14 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Six dead in Burkina Faso ‘terrorist’ attack near Boungou gold mine

Six people, five of them police, were killed in a "terrorist" bomb and gun attack near a gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso, the defense ministry said.

14 August