Another major Kabul strike foiled, 3 rebels held (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Afghan security personnel on Saturday foiled a plot to carry out another massive attack in capital Kabul, seizing 10 tonnes of explosives and arresting three Pakistani nationals, alleged deployed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), said officials. The militants and an explosives-laden truck were detained during a special operation by the intelligence...

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Fresh air raids by Yemeni warplanes kill 12 al-Qaida militants

ADEN, Yemen, April 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 militants of the al-Qaida terrorist group were killed and five others injured on Saturday evening in air strikes by Yemeni air forces in the southern province of Abyan, a government official said.Two fighter jets raided a location of the al-Qaida insurgents on the outskirts of Lauder town, about 150 km northeast of Zinjibar,...

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3 killed, 17 injured in bomb attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and 17 others injured Saturday in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, the police said.In the morning, two roadside bombs went off almost simultaneously near two minibuses at the Shiite neighborhood of Chikook in northwestern Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 12 others, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on...

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Kidnapped Spanish doctor released in Nigeria

MADRID, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish doctor kidnapped in Nigeria on April 4 has been released, Spanish diplomatic sources confirmed on Saturday. Jose Manuel Machimbarrena, who is 58 years old, was released on Friday and is reported to be back at home in the Nigerian state of Enugu in the southwest of the country. He is said to be tired, but in good health after an...

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