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Indian Army Continues hung to armed guerrillas on border with Pakistan

Srinagar: The Indian Army is still trying to hunt down 35-40 heavily armed guerrillas in a remote part of Jammu and Kashmir’s border with Pakistan, military officials said Friday.The army operation in Keran sector in the northern district of Kupwara. Read Article

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Pakistan: donating hides of sacrificed animals to terrorist groups illegal

LAHORE – The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Ulema Board declared on Saturday that donating hides of sacrificial animals to the outfits involved in terrorism is forbidden (haram). According to a press release, 25 religious scholars of SIC issued the decree a decree. They said: “The organizations involved in terrorist activity don’t deserve hides of sacrificial […]

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Global Aviation Threat – antiaircraft missiles, launchers could imperil civil aviation

ottawacitizen.com reported – The Syrian government’s shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and launchers could imperil civil aviation if they fall into the hands of terror groups, according to an independent report examining the global proliferation of portable missiles. The report released Friday by the Federation of American Scientists, a prominent Washington group that focuses on issues of […]

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Iraqi TV journalists among killed in Mosul violence

Foxnews.com reported that, Iraqi officials say attacks across the country have killed five people, including two journalists working in a northern city. Police say a reporter and cameraman for the private al-Sharqiya TV channel were shot on Saturday while working on a report in the city of Mosul, about 220 miles northwest of Baghdad. It […]

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Two Terrorist Bombs Blasts Iraqui Kurdistan – first time in six years

niqash.org reported that in the aftermath of the first terrorist bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan in over six years, there are plenty of questions being raised by locals. Did it happen because of Syria? Is it because groups like Al Qaeda are jealous of Iraqi Kurdistan’s peace and prosperity? And how could it have happened here? […]

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Mali: fear of growing violence, clashes continue between government forces, rebels

AFP reported – Malian forces exchanged fire with Tuareg rebels in the northern town of Kidal on Sunday, sparking fears of growing violence in the region. Malian soldiers traded gunfire with Tuareg rebels in the country’s northern town of Kidal on Sunday, residents said, raising fears of escalating violence in the region. The violence came […]

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Nigeria: Islamists release video of French hostage

A video purporting to show French hostage Francis Collomp, kidnapped in December by Islamists in Nigeria, was released by his captors on Friday. The 63-year-old is seen pleading for the French and Nigerian governments to secure his freedom. Read Article

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Nigeria: Suspected Islamic extremists attack college murdering dozens of students

Suspected Islamic extremists have attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms.It was the latest violence in north-eastern Nigeria’s continuing Islamic uprising. The attack, blamed on the Boko Haram extremist group, came despite a four and a half month-old state of […]

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At least 18 government employees killed in Pakistan bus bomb attack

As reported by Thehindu.com, an explosion in a bus carrying employees of the state secretariat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government on Friday afternoon killed at least 19 of them and injured 45, according to Shiraz Paracha, spokesperson for the KPK Chief Minister. Read article

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Kenya: Gunmen attack popular tourist shopping mall in Nairobi

NBC News reports that gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners on Saturday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in an apparent terror attack. A witness said that gunmen armed with AK-47s and grenades told Muslims to stand up and leave and that non-Muslims would be targeted, according to The Associated Press. A […]

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