Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for an attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday in which gunmen dressed as doctors slipped into the facility and battled security forces inside the building for several hours.

The attack began when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the rear of the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital and three attackers with automatic weapons and hand grenades entered the complex, security officials said. The gunmen, dressed as medical personnel, had taken position on upper floors of the hospital and engaged special forces sent to the scene, officials said.

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Five police and five civilians were killed in an attack by members of the ethnic Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in Laukkai — the administrative capital of the ethnic Kokang region of Shan State — according to a report issued from Burma’s State Counselor’s Office.

The State Counselor Office Information Committee reported that the MNDAA attacked a hotel in the town near the Chinese border early on Monday morning, burning four cars near the hotel site.

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Clashes with ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s southeastern Shan State have killed more than 160 people including 74 soldiers, according to the military Tuesday.

Fighting had intensified in the mountainous area along the Myanmar-China border since an alliance of four ethnic rebel groups launched a joint offensive in November last year.

On Tuesday, the military released a statement saying 74 soldiers, 15 police, 13 local militias and 13 civilians have died during months-long conflicts in restive Shan.

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Twelve policemen were killed in the Taliban overnight attack in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday.

Deputy Police Chief Haji Guli Khani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban attacked a police check-post in the Sra Gudar locality situated in the limits of second police district.

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Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported armed clashes in the Karabakh conflict area and Azerbaijan’s losses.

“During the night from the 24th to the 25th of February, units of the Armenian Armed Forces attempted an attack on Azerbaijan’s positions at various parts of the front line,” the defense ministry said. “Losses have been reported during the armed clash.”

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