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Afghan parliament dismisses more ministers despite pleas

14 Nov, 2016 24 views

Afghanistan’s parliament dismissed two more cabinet ministers on Sunday, ignoring pleas from the president and chief executive to halt votes that threaten an already fragile Western-backed government. The power-sharing unity government was brokered by …

U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan closed after suicide bombing on military base

14 Nov, 2016 59 views

A day after a suicide bombing at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan killed four Americans, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul announced it would shut down “as a temporary precautionary measure,” the Associated Press …

In Libya, United States lays plans to hunt down escaped Islamic State fighters

13 Nov, 2016 72 views

The Pentagon has tracked scores of Islamic State militants escaping fierce fighting in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte and has begun laying the groundwork for expanded air attacks to follow and kill them, part …

German foreign ministry sees no change in commitment to Afghan mission after attack

13 Nov, 2016 29 views

A spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry on Friday said he did not believe Thurday’s attack on the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif would alter Germany’s view about the need …

4 dead in blast at Afghan airfield

13 Nov, 2016 47 views

Bishkek (AKIpress) – base An attack killed four people and injured more than a dozen others on Saturday when an explosive device was detonated at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the NATO mission there said, …