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  Terrorists shoot 14 people dead in Shiite area of Afghanistan

  World | September 13, 2024 18:02 IST

  The terrorist affiliated with the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack even before the confirmation of the shooting by the Afghan Taliban. The attack is one of the deadliest in the country this year.

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  Afghanistan: Four killed in explosion at Shiite neighbourhood in Kabul, 7 critically injured

  World | October 27, 2023 17:15 IST

  This comes two weeks after at least seven people were killed in a blast targeting a Shiite mosque in Baghlan district. A group affiliated with the Islamic State is believed to be responsible for such attacks, including those on other Shiite areas.

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  14 killed, 26 injured in militant attack on Shiite shrine in Afghan capital Kabul, gunman shot dead

  World | October 11, 2016 23:31 IST

  14 people were killed and another 26 injured in a militant attack on a Shiite shrine in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, police officials said.

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  30 killed in suicide attacks at Shiite Shrine in Iraq

  World | July 08, 2016 7:11 IST

  Baghdad: An attack carried out by multiple suicide bombers and gunmen on a Shiite shrine in Balad north of Baghdad late on Thursday night killed 30 and wounded 52, according to Iraqi police and hospital

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  Over 300 minority Shiite Muslims buried in mass grave in Nigeria

  World | April 14, 2016 10:12 IST

  Nigeria's Kaduna state government has said it secretly buried hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims in a mass grave, after the victims were killed in army raids that underline ongoing impunity despite President Muhammadu Buhari's promises to end milita

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  11 killed in suicide attack at Shia shrine in Pakistan

  World | October 23, 2015 8:08 IST

  Karachi: At least 11 minority Shia Muslims, including six children, were killed and 12 injured when a suicide bomber wearing a burqa blew himself up at a shrine in a village in Pakistan's restive Balochistan

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  Yemen's Shiite rebels announce takeover of country

  World | February 06, 2015 23:24 IST

  Sanaa, Yemen: Yemen's powerful Shiite rebels announced on Friday that they have taken over the country and dissolved parliament, a dramatic move that finalizes their months-long power grab.The development also pushes the impoverished country further

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  Shiite rebels, Yemen's president reach deal to end standoff

  World | January 22, 2015 7:43 IST

  Sanaa:  Shiite rebels holding Yemen's president captive in his home reached a deal with the US-backed leader today to end a violent standoff in the capital, the country's state news agency reported.  The agreement promised

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  Yemeni rebels hold president 'captive' at his house

  World | January 21, 2015 19:46 IST

  Sanaa (Yemen): Two Yemeni presidential advisers say the Shiite rebels who are on a power grab campaign in the capital, Sanaa, are holding the president "captive" at his home, a day after seizing the presidential

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  Bombings in Iraqi capital kill at least 19 people

  World | February 18, 2014 9:23 IST

  Baghadad: A wave of explosions rocked Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad shortly after sunset today, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens, officials said.  The attacks, two carried out by parked explosives-laden cars and one

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  Car bombs kill 34 in southern Iraq

  World | May 20, 2013 15:59 IST

  Baghdad, May 20: A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said.In the Iraqi capital,

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  Syrian rockets hit Lebanon as tensions rise

  World | April 23, 2013 23:14 IST

  Beirut, Apr 23: Two Syrian rockets struck Lebanon on Tuesday, causing damage and heightening tensions between Lebanese Shiite and Sunni communities over neighbouring Syria's civil war, security officials in Beirut said.Rockets apparently fired by Syrian