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  Afghanistan hits multiple points inside Pak, Taliban sources claim 19 Pakistani troops killed

  World | December 28, 2024 18:52 IST

  In a retaliatory strike against Pakistan, the Afghanistan forces hit several targets inside the country. Sources close to Taliban's defence ministry say that 19 Pakistani troops were killed in action.

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  Pakistan airstrikes Paktika province in Afghanistan, 15 killed, Taliban vows to retaliate

  World | December 25, 2024 8:45 IST

  While Pakistani officials have not officially confirmed the airstrike, security sources close to the military said that the attack was aimed at Taliban hideouts near the border. Meanwhile, the Taliban govt in Afghanistan has vowed to retaliate.

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  Syria civil war: US launches massive airstrikes to target ISIS after al-Assad’s fall

  World | December 09, 2024 8:42 IST

  The US conducted over 75 airstrikes targeting ISIS camps in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. CENTCOM confirmed no civilian casualties. President Biden reiterated America’s commitment to preventing an ISIS resurgence.

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  Mali: 21 civilians, including 11 children killed in drone attacks on village near Algerian border

  World | August 26, 2024 7:20 IST

  The strikes Sunday targeted a pharmacy, then other strikes followed that targeted people gathering in the vicinity of the initial damage, the coalition said in a statement.

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  16 killed, 41 wounded in joint US-British airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels

  World | May 31, 2024 17:22 IST

  The US Central Command said American and British forces struck 13 targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen, targeting the Salif port and a radio building in Hodeidah's Al-Hawk district. The Houthis had ramped up their attacks on international ships in the Red Sea, demanding Israel to end the war in Gaza.

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  Defiant Israel steps up military strikes in Gaza's Rafah after ICJ orders it to halt offensive

  World | May 25, 2024 16:13 IST

  The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its Rafah offensive in the wake of widespread destruction, although Israel was expected to ignore it. Israeli PM Netanyahu called the order "false, outrageous and morally repugnant" and insisted that Israel was defending its citizens.

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  India calls for immediate de-escalation after Iran launches explosive drones, missiles at Israel

  World | April 14, 2024 11:39 IST

  Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel late Saturday in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East ever closer to a regionwide war.

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  Israel-Iran tensions HIGHLIGHTS: EAM Jaishankar speaks to Iranian counterpart

  World | April 14, 2024 23:33 IST

  President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its unprecedented and largely unsuccessful aerial attack on Israel and to prevent a wider regional escalation.

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  US urges Pakistan to exercise restraint after deadly retaliatory airstrikes in Afghanistan

  World | March 19, 2024 6:51 IST

  Pakistan confirmed that it carried out “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” inside the border regions of Afghanistan, while the Taliban retaliated by targeting Pakistan's military posts. Islamabad has accused the Taliban of failing to stop terrorists from attacking Pakistan.

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  Taliban claims it hit back at Pakistan military after airstrikes, warns of 'worst consequences'

  World | March 18, 2024 18:55 IST

  It was not immediately clear whether anyone was killed in what the extremist group called a "retaliatory" move against Pakistani forces which had killed at least eight people including children in the Barmal district of Paktika and the Spera district of Khost.

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  Pakistan's retaliatory airstrikes on Afghanistan kill 8, including children, Taliban reacts

  World | March 19, 2024 9:25 IST

  The airstrikes took place after a terrorist attack killed seven soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for which Pakistan blamed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan targeted TTP hideouts in Afghan territory but the Taliban condemned Islamabad's airstrikes as a violation of its sovereignty.

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  11 killed after US, British forces strike Houthi targets in western Yemen

  World | March 12, 2024 7:31 IST

  Houthi attacks began in November in solidarity with Palestinians and escalated despite warnings and attacks by US, British and other forces. Last week, a Houthi missile killed three of a ship's crew members, marking the first fatal strike since Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza.

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  Why US and UK carrying out massive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria I EXPLAINED

  World | February 04, 2024 11:17 IST

  The US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.

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  Pakistan, Iran foreign ministers to hold talks amid tensions over tit-for-tat attacks

  World | January 19, 2024 17:00 IST

  The development came after officials from Iranian and Pakistani foreign ministers exchanged goodwill messages amid tensions. Pakistan launched retaliatory attacks on Thursday that killed nine people in Iran, in response to Tehran's attack on militant groups in the Balochistan province on Tuesday.

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  'We will not be commenting on Pakistan-Iran matter': MEA on recent airstrikes

  World | January 18, 2024 16:25 IST

  In a statement, the foreign ministry has termed Iran's attack on Pakistan an issue that concerns only Islamabad and Tehran. However, it added that the action was taken in self-defence.

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  Pakistan carries out retaliatory attacks in Iran over earlier airstrikes that killed two

  World | January 18, 2024 9:09 IST

  The development came after Iran admitted to carry out the airstrike in Pakistan and affirmed that they only targeted terrorists and not Pakistani citizens. Iran launched massive airstrikes targeting Jaish al-Adl--a Sunni militant group which largely operates across the border in Pakistan.

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  Myanmar: 17 killed in alleged military airstrikes near Indian border as civil strife continues

  World | January 08, 2024 7:45 IST

  The airstrikes took place in Sagaing region's Khampat town, just south of the Indian border. However, the military denied responsibility for the aerial attack on Sunday, claiming that it was false news spread by an independent online news service sympathetic to the anti-military resistance.

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  US launches another wave of retaliatory airstrikes at Iran-backed groups in Syria

  World | November 13, 2023 11:12 IST

  Several militant groups have vowed to retaliate against the US for backing Israel in the war against Hamas, which has killed thousands of civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Last week, nine militants were killed in a similar airstrike in eastern Syria used by Iran-affiliated groups.

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  9 fighters killed after US launches retaliatory airstrikes at Iran-backed facility in Syria

  World | November 09, 2023 11:29 IST

  According to US officials, Iran-backed groups have carried out at least 40 such attacks at bases housing US troops in Syria since October 17. Although the US wants to deter Iranian aggression fuelled by the Israel-Hamas war, it is also working to avoid sparking a wider conflict.

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  Gaza Strip 'split into two', says Israeli military as airstrikes intensify in besieged territory

  World | November 06, 2023 11:10 IST

  Hagari said that Israeli troops are expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours to further their attack on Hamas. They also allowed Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza, although many have returned due to Israel bombing areas in the South as well.