Staff Writer With AFP
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Pakistan releases Taliban leader Baradar after US peace talks with militants in Qatar
Top Taliban commander Abdul Ghani Baradar held in Pakistan for eight years has been freed in an apparent move to aid talks between the United States and the militant group
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Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire evades Iron Dome
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the territory into southern Israel, the IDF said
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Afghanistan investigates reports of civilians killed in operation against ISIS in Nangarhar
Afghan officials launched an investigation into claims at least 14 civilians were killed in a military ground operation targeting Islamic State in their stronghold in the eastern Nangarhar province.
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France seeks to repatriate some children of ISIS foreign fighters
France is seeking to repatriate some of the 150 children of French ISIS fighters identified as being in Syria
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Israel’s IAI wins $777 million India navy contract for Barak 8 air defense missile systems
Israel Aerospace Industries said it had won a $777 million order for the Barak 8 air defense system for seven Indian Navy warships
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Colombia arrests 8 soldiers over farmer’s murder
Colombian authorities arrested eight soldiers over the murder of a farmer earlier this year, one of thousands of such cases involving security forces under investigation
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Iraq: Car bomb at market near Mosul kills 6
A car bomb attack killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in Al Qayyarah near Islamic State former Iraqi capital of Mosul
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Belgium court strips citizenship of man convicted of recruiting jihadists for Syria
A man found guilty in Belgium of recruiting jihadists for the war in Syria was stripped of his Belgian citizenship
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Insurgent group Jaish al-Adl claims kidnapping of Iran security personnel near Pakistan border
The insurgent group Jaish al-Adl has claimed responsibility for the abduction of 12 Iran security personnel near the border with Pakistan
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Afghanistan: US general injured in Kandahar attack that killed provisional police chief
US army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley was among those injured in a Taliban attack on Afghanistan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound last week in Kandahar
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