Islamic State group claims attack on Kabul military compound: Amaq

14:20, January 29, 2018

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  14 killed in jihadist attack on army camp in northern Mali

  Islamic militants stormed an army camp in northern Mali early Saturday, killing at least 14 soldiers in the worst attack on security forces in the West African country in more than a year, the army said.Army spokesman Col. Diarran Kone confirmed the attack in the Timbuktu region and said the bodies of 17 assailants remained at the scene. The base

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  Tokyo simulates first military attack since WWII amid N.Korea threat

  Photo taken on January 21, 2018 shows residents participating in the first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II in Tokyo, capital of Japan. (Photo: AFP)Hundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover Monday in the Japanese capital's first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.A loudspeaker

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  Turkish anti-Kurdish campaign in Syria's Afrin kills, wounds 286 civilians

  The week-long Turkish military campaign against the Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria has killed and wounded 286 civilians, state news agency SANA reported Saturday.The attacks on Afrin and its countryside in the northern countryside of Aleppo province killed 86 civilians and wounded 200 others, SANA said.The Turkish artillery targeted residential areas in Afrin with various types of weapons, it